In this paper, we describe the development of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) implementing the concept of a companion, i.e. an agent supporting the persistent representatio...
Marc Cavazza, Cameron Smith, Daniel Charlton, Li Z...
Energy-efficency is a key concern when designing protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSN). This is of particular importance in commercial applications where demonstrable retur...
Marco Zimmerling, Waltenegus Dargie, Johnathan M. ...
In this work we consider energy-efficient resource management in an environment monitoring and hazard detection sensor network. Our goal is to allocate different detection methods...
Qinru Qiu, Qing Wu, Daniel J. Burns, Douglas Holzh...
This study proposes a simple computational model of evolutionary learning in organizations informed by genetic algorithms. Agents who interact only with neighboring partners seek ...
Networked embedded systems such as wireless sensor networks are usually designed to be event-driven so that they are reactive and power efficient. Programming embedded systems wit...