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WSC
2004
14 years 11 months ago
More "Normal" Than Normal: Scaling Distributions and Complex Systems
One feature of many naturally occurring or engineered complex systems is tremendous variability in event sizes. To account for it, the behavior of these systems is often described...
Walter Willinger, David Alderson, John C. Doyle, L...
HUC
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
The Carrot Approach: Encouraging Use of Location Systems
The Active Bat system provides the ability to locate users and equipment with a high degree of accuracy and coverage. Despite this, participation is low. We are concerned that this...
Kieran Mansley, Alastair R. Beresford, David Scott
ICCV
2009
IEEE
16 years 2 months ago
Time Series Prediction by Chaotic Modeling of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
We use concepts from chaos theory in order to model nonlinear dynamical systems that exhibit deterministic behavior. Observed time series from such a system can be embedded into...
Arslan Basharat, Mubarak Shah
CDC
2010
IEEE
124views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
14 years 5 months ago
Underactuated control and distribution of multi-agent systems in stratified flow environments
The present paper shows how vertical actuation alone may be used to effectively control the spatial distribution of mobile vehicles ("balloons" in air, or "drifters&...
Robert H. Krohn, Thomas R. Bewley
ECIS
2004
14 years 11 months ago
What should the business know about information systems?
This paper presents an exploratory study of Information Systems (IS) competencies of business managers in Europe. Following resource-based theory and a knowledge-based view of IS ...
Salvador Aragon, Ryan R. Peterson