We present a novel indexing schema that provides eļ¬cient nearest-neighbor queries in multimedia databases consisting of objects described by multiple feature vectors. The beneļ¬...
ā We consider the design of optimal static feedback gains for interconnected systems subject to architectural constraints on the distributed controller. These constraints are in ...
A shared data structure is lock-free if its operations do not require mutual exclusion. If one process is interrupted in the middle of an operation, other processes will not be pr...
Abstract. Explanation and argumentation are fundamental to reasoning. They are therefore of some importance to artificial intelligence. Discourse-based reasoning (DBR) is a knowled...
It is widely accepted in Distributed Artiļ¬cial Intelligence that a crucial property of artiļ¬cial agents is their autonomy. Whereas agent autonomy enables features of agent-base...