The possibility of building self-aware software fascinated computer scientist since the beginning of computer science. Research in AI, and in particular on software agents, agent s...
It is argued that natural evolution is, par excellence, an algorithm that exploits the physical properties of materials. Such an exploitation of the physical characteristics has a...
Abstract— Service placement is a key problem in communication networks as it determines how efficiently the user service demands are supported. This problem has been traditional...
We show that a conjunctive normal form (CNF) formula F is unsatisfiable iff there is a set of points of the Boolean space that is stable with respect to F. So testing the satisfiab...
In this paper, I defend a multiplicative approach that distinguishes statues from amounts of matter, political entities from physical ones, qua entities (e.g. John qua Alitalia pa...