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DILS
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Universal Character Model and Ontology of Defined Terms for Taxonomic Description
Taxonomists classify biological specimens into groups (taxa) on the basis of similarities between their observed features ('characters'). The description of these 'c...
Trevor Paterson, Jessie B. Kennedy, Martin R. Pull...
MDM
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Data Indexing for Heterogeneous Multiple Broadcast Channel
This paper studies a heterogeneous multiple channel environment (HMCE), in which the channels are controlled by different wireless operators. To the best of our knowledge, there i...
Andrew Y. Ho, Dik Lun Lee
MM
2003
ACM
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14 years 2 months ago
Proscenium: a framework for spatio-temporal video editing
We present an approach to video editing where movie sequences are treated as spatio-temporal volumes that can be sheered and warped under user control. This simple capability enab...
Eric P. Bennett, Leonard McMillan
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
How to calm hyperactive agents
System performance in multi-agent resource allocation systems can often improve if individual agents reduce their activity. Agents in such systems need a way to modulate their ind...
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner, Robert S. Mat...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Self-Organisation: Paradigms and Applications
Abstract. A self-organising system functions without central control, and through contextual local interactions. Components achieve a simple task individually, but a complex collec...
Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, Noria Foukia, Salima ...