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2010
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Reasoning About the Transfer of Control
We present DCL-PC: a logic for reasoning about how the abilities of agents and coalitions of agents are altered by transferring control from one agent to another. The logical foun...
Wiebe van der Hoek, Dirk Walther, Michael Wooldrid...
JAIR
2010
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Join-Graph Propagation Algorithms
The paper investigates parameterized approximate message-passing schemes that are based on bounded inference and are inspired by Pearl’s belief propagation algorithm (BP). We st...
Robert Mateescu, Kalev Kask, Vibhav Gogate, Rina D...
JAIR
2010
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Text Relatedness Based on a Word Thesaurus
The computation of relatedness between two fragments of text in an automated manner requires taking into account a wide range of factors pertaining to the meaning the two fragment...
George Tsatsaronis, Iraklis Varlamis, Michalis Vaz...
JAIR
2010
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Multiattribute Auctions Based on Generalized Additive Independence
We develop multiattribute auctions that accommodate generalized additive independent (GAI) preferences. We propose an iterative auction mechanism that maintains prices on potentia...
Yagil Engel, Michael P. Wellman
JAIR
2010
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Mechanisms for Multi-Unit Auctions
We present an incentive-compatible polynomial-time approximation scheme for multiunit auctions with general k-minded player valuations. The mechanism fully optimizes over an appro...
Shahar Dobzinski, Noam Nisan
JAIR
2010
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Training a Multilingual Sportscaster: Using Perceptual Context to Learn Language
We present a novel framework for learning to interpret and generate language using only perceptual context as supervision. We demonstrate its capabilities by developing a system t...
David L. Chen, Joohyun Kim, Raymond J. Mooney
JAIR
2010
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On Action Theory Change
As historically acknowledged in the Reasoning about Actions and Change community, intuitiveness of a logical domain description cannot be fully automated. Moreover, like any other...
Ivan José Varzinczak
JAIR
2010
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An Investigation into Mathematical Programming for Finite Horizon Decentralized POMDPs
Decentralized planning in uncertain environments is a complex task generally dealt with by using a decision-theoretic approach, mainly through the framework of Decentralized Parti...
Raghav Aras, Alain Dutech
JAIR
2010
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Resource-Driven Mission-Phasing Techniques for Constrained Agents in Stochastic Environments
Because an agent’s resources dictate what actions it can possibly take, it should plan which resources it holds over time carefully, considering its inherent limitations (such a...
E. H. Durfee Wu, Edmund H. Durfee
JAIR
2010
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Context-based Word Acquisition for Situated Dialogue in a Virtual World
To tackle the vocabulary problem in conversational systems, previous work has applied unsupervised learning approaches on co-occurring speech and eye gaze during interaction to au...
Shaolin Qu, Joyce Yue Chai