Abstract— On the one hand, natural phenomena of spontaneous pattern formation are generally random and repetitive, whereas, on the other hand, complicated heterogeneous architect...
ng Abstractions for Local Search Pascal Van Hentenryck1 and Laurent Michel2 1 Brown University, Box 1910, Providence, RI 02912 2 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3155 Ab...
A virtual organization (VO) is a dynamic collection of entities (individuals, enterprises, and information resources) collaborating on some computational activity. VOs are an emer...
Can Agile approaches be used successfully in large organizations, where traditional methods and high levels of governance are the norm? Although the iterative, agile approaches ha...
Abstract. Swarm Intelligence (SI) is the property of a system whereby the collective behaviors of (unsophisticated) entities interacting locally with their environment cause cohere...
Carlos Fernandes, Vitorino Ramos, Agostinho C. Ros...