This paper focuses on the optimization of the navigation through voluminous subsumption hierarchies of topics employed by Portal Catalogs like Netscape Open Directory (ODP). We ad...
Abstract The LLL algorithm aims at finding a “reduced” basis of a Euclidean lattice. The LLL algorithm plays a primary role in many areas of mathematics and computer science. ...
— We present both a game theoretic and a distributed algorithmic approach for the transit price negotiation problem in the interdomain routing framework. We analyze the behavior ...
One of the main challenges in Grid computing is efficient allocation of resources (CPU-hours, network bandwidth, etc.) to the tasks submitted by users. Due to the lack of centrali...
In a multi-agent system, agents must decide what to do and by what order. Autonomy is a key notion in such a system, since it is mainly the autonomy of the agents that makes the en...