Video and image datasets can often be described by a small number of parameters, even though each image usually consists of hundreds or thousands of pixels. This observation is of...
This paper presents a systematic method for simultaneously defining a software architecture and selecting off-the-shelf components for reuse. The method builds upon existing tec...
This paper addresses single and multiple container loading problems. We propose to use dynamic prioritization to handle awkward box types. The box type with a higher priority will...
Data broadcast is a widely accepted data dissemination method for mobile computing systems. When data broadcast is used to deliver frequently updated data to mobile read-only tran...
When a partitional structure is derived from a data set using a data mining algorithm, it is not unusual to have a different set of outcomes when it runs with a different order of...
In this paper, we propose a multi-agent approach for solving a class of optimization problems involving expensive resources, where monolithic local search schemes perform miserabl...
More and more software projects are using COTS (Commercialoff-the-shelf) components. Using COTS components brings both advantages and risks. To manage some risks in using COTS com...