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VLDB
2004
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Automated Statistics Collection in DB2 UDB
The use of inaccurate or outdated database statistics by the query optimizer in a relational DBMS often results in a poor choice of query execution plans and hence unacceptably lo...
Ashraf Aboulnaga, Peter J. Haas, Sam Lightstone, G...
BTW
2007
Springer
136views Database» more  BTW 2007»
13 years 12 months ago
System P: Completeness-driven Query Answering in Peer Data Management Systems
Abstract: Peer data management systems (PDMS) are a highly dynamic, decentralized infrastructure for large-scale data integration. They consist of a dynamic set of autonomous peers...
Armin Roth, Felix Naumann
AAAI
2006
13 years 7 months ago
A Multi Agent Approach to Vision Based Robot Scavenging
This paper proposes a design for our entry into the 2006 AAAI Scavenger Hunt Competition and Robot Exhibition. We will be entering a scalable two agent system consisting of off-th...
Kamil Wnuk, Brian Fulkerson, Jeremi Sudol
ICRA
2010
IEEE
111views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
13 years 4 months ago
A voice-commandable robotic forklift working alongside humans in minimally-prepared outdoor environments
— One long-standing challenge in robotics is the realization of mobile autonomous robots able to operate safely in existing human workplaces in a way that their presence is accep...
Seth J. Teller, Matthew R. Walter, Matthew E. Anto...
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 10 days ago
Using rituals to express cultural differences in synthetic characters
There is currently an ongoing demand for richer Intelligent Virtual Environments (IVEs) populated with social intelligent agents. As a result, many agent architectures are taking ...
Samuel Mascarenhas, João Dias, Nuno Afonso,...