This paper proposes a multi-agent system architecture based on introspective agents provided with an expressive communication language and reasoning capabilities on their skills. ...
This paper presents a new algorithm, Extra, for extending the lifetime of ad hoc networks. Extra tries to conserve energy by identifying and switching off nodes that are momentaril...
R. I. da Silva, Julius C. B. Leite, M. P. Fernande...
The Robinson-Foulds (RF) metric is the measure most widely used in comparing phylogenetic trees; it can be computed in linear time using Day's algorithm. When faced with the n...
This paper presents and compares two methods for evaluating the syntactic similarity between documents. The first method uses the Patricia tree, constructed from the original doc...
Object-oriented programs often require large heaps to run properly or meet performance goals. They use high-overhead collections, bulky data models, and large caches. Discovering t...