We study information elicitation mechanisms in which a principal agent attempts to elicit the private information of other agents using a carefully selected payment scheme based o...
In this paper we propose the use of fractals and especially the Hilbert curve, in order to design good distance-preserving mappings. Such mappings improve the performance of secon...
To minimize unwanted interruption and information overload during surveillance, mobile police officers need to be supported by a mobile, contextaware notification system. This syst...
Jan Willem Streefkerk, Myra P. van Esch-Bussemaker...
Abstract-- This paper addresses the issue of design of lowrate sparse-graph codes with linear minimum distance in the blocklength. First, we define a necessary condition which need...
The Dual Smart Drive is a specially designed nonlinear actuator intended for use in climbing and walking legged robots. It features a continuously changing transmission ratio and d...