ors induce aptitudes: abstract skills and knowledge. Mentors foster attitudes: social skills and graces. In my experience of school, starting 70 years or so ago, quite regimented i...
Abstract. In this paper we present an implementation using XML and Java (XSHAAD) based on a modular architecture of SHAAD to support a web-based Adaptive Hypermedia System. This ar...
Autonomic Computing is a promising new concept in system development. It aims to (i) increase reliability by designing systems to be self-protecting and self-healing; and (ii) inc...
Several agent-oriented software engineering methodologies address the emerging challenges posed by the increasing need of adaptive software. A common denominator of such methodolo...
A novel local image descriptor is proposed in this paper, which combines intensity orders and gradient distributions in multiple support regions. The novelty lies in three aspects...