We describe a language providing concepts for modeling autonomous entities (agents) and cooperating entities (groups). Agents are the execution units of a GroupLog program. Each a...
Abstract. In this paper we conduct a comparative study between hybrid methods to optimize multilayer perceptrons: a model that optimizes the architecture and initial weights of mul...
Tailoring groupware has to deal with adapting properties of a shared information space as well as with adapting properties of the cooperation support to the group's needs. In...
— A novel cooperative multiple access protocol for packet speech communications is proposed. Cooperation is achieved through a relay node and by exploiting the silence periods du...
Amr El-Sherif, Andres Kwasinski, Ahmed K. Sadek, K...
Cooperation among bidders in traditional auctions is generally forbidden because it is harmful to the interests of sellers. However, in a new type of online auction, the group-buy...
Jian Chen, Xilong Chen, Robert J. Kauffman, Xiping...