Remote data access from disparate sources across a widearea network such as the Internet is problematic due to the unpredictable nature of the communications medium and the lack o...
Embodied conversational agents are required to be able to express themselves convincingly and autonomously. Based on an empirial study on spatial descriptions of landmarks in dire...
Because an agent’s resources dictate what actions it can possibly take, it should plan which resources it holds over time carefully, considering its inherent limitations (such a...
—Digitization of production factors, including the knowledge for knowledge workers and consumers, opens almost infinite potential to connect persons, systems, processes, enterpri...
Complex applications in many areas, including scientific computations and business-related web services, are created from collections of components to form workflows. In many case...