Agents operating in the real world have to deal with a constantly changing and only partially predictable environment and are nevertheless expected to choose reasonable actions qui...
This paper presents in detail an efficient and provably correct algorithm for database replication over partitionable networks. Our algorithm avoids the need for end-toend acknow...
This paper describes an Ei el system for rapid testing of grammars. Grammars are de ned in an extended BNF notation that allows actions on the parse tree nodes to be de ned as add...
This paper presents an educational distributed virtual reality-based environment for children called EVE - Environnement Virtuel pour Enfants. EVE is used in elementary schools fr...
If robots learn new actions through human-robot interaction, it is important that the robots can utilize rewards as well as instructions to reduce humans' efforts. Additionall...