In this paper, weexplore the use of machinelearning and data mining to improvethe prediction of travel times in an automobile. Weconsider two formulations of this problem, one tha...
Abstract. In the biometric field, different experts are combined to improve the system reliability, as in many application the performance attained by individual experts (i.e., d...
Social insect societies and more specifically ant colonies, are distributed systems that, in spite of the simplicity of their individuals, present a highly structured social organi...
— Exploratory activities seem to be crucial for our cognitive development. According to psychologists, exploration is an intrinsically rewarding behaviour. The developmental robo...
Given an adequate simulation model of the task environment and payoff function that measures the quality of partially successful plans, competition-based heuristics such as geneti...