Given a specification of communication rules in a multiagent system (in the form of protocols, ACL semantics, etc.), the question of how to design appropriate agents that can oper...
The Hierarchical Hidden Markov Model (HHMM) is a well formalized tool suitable to model complex patterns in long temporal or spatial sequences. Even if effective algorithms are ava...
The notion of time granularity comes into play in a variety of problems involving time representation and management in database applications, including temporal database design, t...
Much of the support for communication across distributed communities has focused on meetings and intentional contact. However, most interactions within co-located groups occur whe...
Abstract. The analysis of usability aspects of multi-user systems, such as cooperative work systems and pervasive systems, pose particular problems because group behavior of their ...
Mieke Massink, Diego Latella, Maurice H. ter Beek,...