The Java language lacks the important notions of ownership (an object owns its representation to prevent unwanted aliasing) and immutability (the division into mutable, immutable,...
Yoav Zibin, Alex Potanin, Paley Li, Mahmood Ali, M...
We consider k-median clustering in finite metric spaces and k-means clustering in Euclidean spaces, in the setting where k is part of the input (not a constant). For the k-means pr...
This paper asks a new question: how can we control the collective behavior of self-organized multi-agent systems? We try to answer the question by proposing a new notion called `So...
: The decision of using existing software components versus building from scratch custom software is one of the most complex and important choices of the entire development/integra...
Sergio Areias, Daniela Carneiro da Cruz, Pedro Ran...
Contemporary use of the term ’intension’ derives from the traditional logical doctrine that an idea has both an extension and an intension. In this paper we introduce an intens...