—We present a novel framework to generate and rank plausible hypotheses for the spatial extent of objects in images using bottom-up computational processes and mid-level selectio...
This paper proposes an emotion model for life-like agents with emotions and motivations. This model consists of reactive and deliberative mechanisms. The former generates low-leve...
Component-based development has proven effective in many engineering domains, and several general component technologies are available. Most of these are focused on providing an e...
Abstract. Self-adaptive systems must recon gure themselves, at runtime, to compensate for changing environments, objectives, and system capabilities. This paper discusses how the S...
Currently the developing process for enterprise applications is improved by the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigms. With SOAs the creation of modular and clearly defin...