One of the main challenges in Grid computing is efficient allocation of resources (CPU-hours, network bandwidth, etc.) to the tasks submitted by users. Due to the lack of centrali...
Today many workers spend too much of their time translating their co-workers' requests into structures that information systems can understand. This paper presents the novel ...
John Zimmerman, Anthony Tomasic, Isaac Simmons, Ia...
In this paper we consider the competition on the Internet between information providers to maximise their exposure to a relevant audience. Spammers and Search engine gamers adopt a...
In recent years there has been a great deal of interest in "modular reinforcement learning" (MRL). Typically, problems are decomposed into concurrent subgoals, allowing ...
Sooraj Bhat, Charles Lee Isbell Jr., Michael Matea...
This paper presents a communication-less multi-agent task allocation procedure that allows agents to use past experience to make non-greedy decisions about task assignments. Exper...