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SBBD
2004
119views Database» more  SBBD 2004»
15 years 7 months ago
Computing the Dependency Basis for Nested List Attributes
Multi-valued dependencies (MVDs) are an important class of constraints that is fundamental for relational database design. Although modern applications increasingly require the su...
Sven Hartmann, Sebastian Link
AI
2007
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Computational properties of argument systems satisfying graph-theoretic constraints
One difficulty that arises in abstract argument systems is that many natural questions regarding argument acceptability are, in general, computationally intractable having been c...
Paul E. Dunne
JETAI
2007
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15 years 5 months ago
A computational architecture for heterogeneous reasoning
Reasoning, problem solving, indeed the general process of acquiring knowledge, is not an isolated, homogenous affair involving a one agent using a single form of representation, b...
Dave Barker-Plummer, John Etchemendy
EC
2000
123views ECommerce» more  EC 2000»
15 years 5 months ago
Embodiment of Evolutionary Computation in General Agents
Holland's Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems largely dealt with how systems, comprised of many self-interested entities, can and should adapt as a whole. This semin...
Robert E. Smith, Claudio Bonacina, Paul E. Kearney...
CCE
2011
15 years 14 days ago
Computational energy-based redesign of robust proteins
The robustness of a system is a property that pervades all aspects of Nature. The ability of a system to adapt itself to perturbations due to internal and external agents, to agin...
Giovanni Stracquadanio, Giuseppe Nicosia