We consider the problem of selecting views and indexes that minimize the evaluation costs of the important queries under an upper bound on the disk space available for storing the ...
Maxim Kormilitsin, Rada Chirkova, Yahya Fathi, Mat...
Agent negotiation over multiple issues is often seen as the process of searching for a solution in a complex and large space. Depending on the negotiation mechanism such search sp...
Kuo-Ming Chao, Muhammad Younas, Rachid Anane, Chen...
Gait optimization is a basic yet challenging problem for both quadrupedal and bipedal robots. Although techniques for automating the process exist, most involve local function opt...
Daniel J. Lizotte, Tao Wang, Michael H. Bowling, D...
Distributed partially observable Markov decision problems (POMDPs) have emerged as a popular decision-theoretic approach for planning for multiagent teams, where it is imperative f...
Model-based diagnosis of technical systems requires both a simulation machinery and a logic calculus. The former is responsible for the system's behavior analysis, the latter...