This paper presents a probabilistic information retrieval framework in which the retrieval problem is formally treated as a statistical decision problem. In this framework, querie...
The increasing trend toward complex software systems has highlighted the need to incorporate quality requirements earlier in the development cycle. We propose a new methodology fo...
The concept of "agent" has been used to describe many different artefacts: software programs, mobile robots, or even human beings. In a system consisting of many agents, ...
: This paper describes OCP (Open Context Platform), a middleware which provides support for management of contextual information and merging of information from different sources. ...
In classical two-stage stochastic programming the expected value of the total costs is minimized. Recently, mean-risk models - studied in mathematical finance for several decades -...