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AGI
2011
14 years 1 months ago
An Information Theoretic Representation of Agent Dynamics as Set Intersections
We represent agents as sets of strings. Each string encodes a potential interaction with another agent or environment. We represent the total set of dynamics between two agents as ...
Samuel Epstein, Margrit Betke
IFIP
2000
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Information Technology and the Cultural Reproduction of Social Order: A Research Paradigm
This paper introduces the critical social theory of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. The objective of Bourdieu's theoretical framework is to uncover the buried organizatio...
Lynette Kvasny, Duane P. Truex
HICSS
2007
IEEE
139views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2007»
15 years 4 months ago
Physicians' Resistance toward Healthcare Information Technologies: A Dual-Factor Model
This paper proposes and validates a theory of physician resistance toward IT usage by drawing on prior research in the resistance to change literature and a recent dual-factor mod...
Anol Bhattacherjee, Neset Hikmet
ICRA
2010
IEEE
185views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
14 years 8 months ago
Graph based distributed control of non-holonomic vehicles endowed with local positioning information engaged in escorting missio
— Using graph theory, this paper investigates how a group of robots, endowed with local positioning (range and bearing from other robots), can be engaged in a leaderfollowing mis...
Riccardo Falconi, Sven Gowal, Alcherio Martinoli
JMLR
2008
159views more  JMLR 2008»
14 years 10 months ago
Near-Optimal Sensor Placements in Gaussian Processes: Theory, Efficient Algorithms and Empirical Studies
When monitoring spatial phenomena, which can often be modeled as Gaussian processes (GPs), choosing sensor locations is a fundamental task. There are several common strategies to ...
Andreas Krause, Ajit Paul Singh, Carlos Guestrin