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2006
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
A New Approach to the Evaluation of Non Markovian Stochastic Petri Nets
Abstract. In this work, we address the problem of transient and steadystate analysis of a stochastic Petri net which includes non Markovian distributions with a finite support but ...
Serge Haddad, Lynda Mokdad, Patrice Moreaux
ATAL
2006
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
On Efficient Procedures for Multi-issue Negotiation
This paper studies bilateral, multi-issue negotiation between self-interested agents with deadlines. There are a number of procedures for negotiating the issues and each of these g...
S. Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R....
AUSAI
2006
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Learning Hybrid Bayesian Networks by MML
Abstract. We use a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) MML algorithm to learn hybrid Bayesian networks from observational data. Hybrid networks represent local structure, using conditi...
Rodney T. O'Donnell, Lloyd Allison, Kevin B. Korb
ECAI
2006
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Enhancing Constraints Manipulation in Semiring-Based Formalisms
Abstract. Many "semiring-like" structures are used in Soft Constraint Satisfaction Problems (SCSPs). We review a few properties of semirings that are useful for dealing w...
Stefano Bistarelli, Fabio Gadducci
ECAI
2006
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
An Efficient Upper Approximation for Conditional Preference
The fundamental operation of dominance testing, i.e., determining if one alternative is preferred to another, is in general very hard for methods of reasoning with qualitative cond...
Nic Wilson