We describe HTN-MAKER, an algorithm for learning hierarchical planning knowledge in the form of decomposition methods for Hierarchical Task Networks (HTNs). HTNMAKER takes as inpu...
Sequential selection was introduced for Evolution Strategies (ESs) with the aim of accelerating their convergence— performing the evaluations of the different offspring sequen...
This paper compares the performance of two provably successful evolutionary optimization tools in the optimization of a Fuzzy-Rule-Base (FRB) for the three well known fuzzy modeli...
Over the past few years, the notion of stability in data clustering has received growing attention as a cluster validation criterion in a sample-based framework. However, recent w...
Most codecs such as MPEG-1,2 are based on processing pixels in predetermined tiles of square blocks. The processing of each block is independent of the object-based contents that m...