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CASCON
1992
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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...
ATAL
2010
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Aggregation-mediated collective perception and action in a group of miniature robots
We introduce a novel case study in which a group of miniaturized robots screen an environment for undesirable agents, and destroy them. Because miniaturized robots are usually end...
Grégory Mermoud, Loïc Matthey, William...
ATAL
2010
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Distributed coordination of mobile agent teams: the advantage of planning ahead
We consider the problem of coordinating a team of agents engaged in executing a set of inter-dependent, geographically dispersed tasks in an oversubscribed and uncertain environme...
Laura Barbulescu, Zachary B. Rubinstein, Stephen F...
ATAL
2010
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Opportunistic belief reconciliation during distributed interactions
Successful interaction between autonomous agents is contingent on those agents making decisions consistent with the expectations of their peers -- these expectations are based on ...
Paul Martin, David Robertson, Michael Rovatsos
CCIA
2009
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
mWater: a Sandbox for Agreement Technologies
The management of natural resources is an intricate and consequential task. In particular, water management is at the forefront of public policy priorities in many countries becaus...
Antonio Garrido, Adriana Giret, Pablo Noriega