Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, where constraints and/or partial assignments are associated to preference or importance levels, and constraints are...
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs) are new promising methods in the field of genetic and evolutionary algorithms. In the case of conventional Genetic and Evolutionary Al...
A recurring problem in data centres is that the constantly changing workload is not proportionally distributed over the available servers. Some resources may lay idle while others ...
Roman van der Krogt, Jacob Feldman, James Little, ...
Abstract. Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (DCSP) is a general framework for multi-agent coordination and conflict resolution. In most DCSP algorithms, inter-agent com...
A Content Distribution Network (CDN) is an overlay network where servers replicate contents and distribute client's requests with the aim at reducing delay, server load and n...