We define two new classes of shared-memory objects: ratifiers, which detect agreement, and conciliators, which ensure agreement with some probability. We show that consensus can...
In this paper we propose a generic framework based on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) for recognition of individuals from their gait. The HMM framework is suitable, because the gait o...
Aravind Sundaresan, Amit K. Roy Chowdhury, Rama Ch...
: Most today's web sources do not provide suitable interfaces for software programs to interact with them. Many researchers have proposed highly effective techniques to addres...
Paula Montoto, Alberto Pan, Juan Raposo, Jos&eacut...
We explore the phenomena of subjective randomness as a case study in understanding how people discover structure embedded in noise. We present a rational account of randomness per...
Document representation and indexing is a key problem for document analysis and processing, such as clustering, classification and retrieval. Conventionally, Latent Semantic Index...