In this paper we consider the solution of scheduling problems that are inherently over-subscribed. In such problems, there are always more tasks to execute within a given time fra...
Information extraction (IE) aims at extracting specific information from a collection of documents. A lot of previous work on 10 from semi-structured documents (in XML or HTML) us...
Raymond Kosala, Maurice Bruynooghe, Jan Van den Bu...
Given a set of numbers, and a set of bins of fixed capacity, the NP-complete problem of bin packing is to find the minimum number of bins needed to contain the numbers, such that ...
Degrees of information and of contradiction are investigated within a uniform propositional framework, based on test actions. We consider that the degree of information of a propo...
NoA is an agent architecture that supports the development of agents motivated by norms: obligations, permissions and prohibitions. Obligations motivate a normative agent to act: ...
In data-integration systems, information sources often have various constraints such as “all houses stored at a source have a unique address.” These constraints are very usefu...
The information resources on the Web are vast, but much of the Web is based on a browsing paradigm that requires someone to actively seek information. Instead, one would like to h...