We describe in this paper a new method for extracting knowledge on Hierarchical Task-Network (HTN) planning problems for speeding up the search. This knowledge is gathered by prop...
We develop an algorithm for merging plans that are represented in a richly expressive language. Speci cally, weare concerned with plans that have i quantitative temporal constrain...
Ioannis Tsamardinos, Martha E. Pollack, John F. Ho...
An increasing number of applications are being developed using distributed object computing middleware, such as CORBA. Many of these applications require the underlying middleware...
Balachandran Natarajan, Aniruddha S. Gokhale, Shal...
In the world of pervasive computing where large management systems, as well as small devices, all become interconnected, the problem of the configuration and management of network...
Open source software such as the operating system Linux has in a few years created much attention as an alternative way to develop and distribute software. Open source is to let an...