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NIPS
2007
15 years 5 months ago
Modelling motion primitives and their timing in biologically executed movements
Biological movement is built up of sub-blocks or motion primitives. Such primitives provide a compact representation of movement which is also desirable in robotic control applica...
Ben H. Williams, Marc Toussaint, Amos J. Storkey
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ATAL
2009
Springer
15 years 10 months 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,...
CASCON
1992
127views Education» more  CASCON 1992»
15 years 5 months ago
Overview of multidatabase transaction management
A multidatabase system (MDBS) is a facility that allows users access to data located in multiple autonomous database management systems (DBMSs). In such a system, globaltransaction...
Yuri Breitbart, Hector Garcia-Molina, Abraham Silb...
ICDE
2008
IEEE
118views Database» more  ICDE 2008»
16 years 5 months ago
Robust Runtime Optimization of Data Transfer in Queries over Web Services
Self-managing solutions have recently attracted a lot of interest from the database community. The need for self-* properties is more evident in distributed applications comprising...
Anastasios Gounaris, Christos Yfoulis, Rizos Sakel...
ATAL
2010
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Occlusion-aware multi-UAV surveillance
We present an agent-based coordination and planning method for aerial surveillance of multiple urban areas using a group of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The method ...
Eduard Semsch, Michal Jakob, Dusan Pavlícek...