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On the significance of synchroneity in emergent systems
: AAMAS 09
The emergence of distributed multiagent systems (DMAS) for decision making in biological research studies creates stimulating inquiries. How should the dynamic properties originating from the...
Multiagent Systems (I.2.11...) | Jul 13 10
Using rituals to express cultural differences in synthetic characters
: AAMAS 09
In computing theory, the role of agents is gaining wide acceptance. Intelligent agent systems that proactively include users’ intentions are being perceived as useful in promoting better user acceptance. User...
Intelligent Agents (I.2.11...) | Jun 28 10
A numerical evaluation of preprocessing and ILU-type preconditioners for the solution of unsymmetric sparse linear systems using iterative methods
: ACM Trans. on Mathematical Software
The efficient solution of large sparse linear systems is critical for a wide range of applications. An important approach, considered here for the unsymmetric case, employs an iterative framework...
Numerical Algorithms (G.1.0...) | Jul 12 10
Investigating the role of body shape on the perception of emotion
: ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
Virtual characters are used extensively in movies and games, but the effect of both motion and body shape on the portrayal of basic human emotions remains poorly understood. Some suggest that the...
Animation (I.3.7...) | Jul 22 10
Inducing morphemes using light knowledge
: ACM Transactions on Asian Language Information Processing
The morphological analysis of texts has resulted in improvements in speech recognition error rates and improvements in information retrieval, as well...
Learning (I.2.6) | Jun 25 10
DDoS defense by offense
: ACM Transactions on Computer Systems
Two methods are usually used to defend against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks: the first method provides lots of resources to satisfy requests, so that services cannot be denied; the...
Security & Protection (C.2.0...) | Jul 9 10
A cost-effective load-balancing policy for tile-based, massive multi-core packet processors
: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
The paper presents a tile-based massive multi-core architecture with cost-effective load balancing, as well as low-power dissipation by switching off unused cores and higher processing throughput...
Distributed Architectures (C.1.4...) | Jul 9 10
A multifrequency MAC specially designed for wireless sensor network applications
: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems
Zhou et al. describe the use of multiple frequencies for parallel communication over the regular sensor devices that provide limited bandwidth in single channels. Using multiple frequencies in...
Network Protocols (C.2.2) | Jul 20 10
Algorithm 903: FRB--Fortran routines for the exact computation of free rigid body motions
: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
Free rigid bodies are important objects in physics and engineering. For many years, the computation of their motions has been a topic of great interest in...
Algorithm Design & Analysis (G.4...) | Jul 2 10
Extra-precise iterative refinement for overdetermined least squares problems
: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
The algorithm for iterative refinement of least squares given here is an update of the 1967 work of Björck [1], with more recent ideas about component-...
Error Analysis (G.1.3...) | Jul 28 10
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Advanced Blackberry development
Mobile phone applications are fun to create, and they have the potential for a worldwide audience. This industry has come a long way. Although it started only a few years ago, it is now a serious and mature industry...
Portable Devices (C.5.3...)
| Jun 25 10
Agile software development: best practices for large software development projects
Time to market, cost reduction, and other constraints are very tough in the information technology (IT) industry. Agile development techniques--Scrum, test-driven development, and extreme...
Software Architectures (D.2.11)
| Jun 30 10
Animation and performance capture using digitized models
Television technology has transitioned from black and white to color, from color to 16:9, and from 16:9 to high definition. Now that Hollywood and related industries are heavily investing in the space,...
Animation (I.3.7...)
| Jul 21 10
Animation and performance capture using digitized models
Television technology has transitioned from black and white to color, from color to 16:9, and from 16:9 to high definition. Now that Hollywood and related industries are heavily investing in the space, there is a significant chance that the next move is going...
Animation (I.3.7...)
| Jul 21 10
Beginning Blackberry development
This book does what it claims to do--build Java-based Blackberry applications from scratch--and does it well. Within its first 50 pages, you learn how to write a basic application. The structure of the book...
Portable Devices (C.5.3...)
| Jun 17 10
Beginning Java EE 6 platform with GlassFish 3: from novice to professional
The author’s lack of experience as a software engineer and developer comes through in this disappointing book. To begin with, the book has very little material on developing Web applications; it relegates this topic to just a couple of superficial chapters on...
Java (D.3.2...)
| Jun 23 10
Blogging to drive business: create and maintain valuable customer connections
In this book, readers will find a practical introduction to developing a business blog. While the book is not a marketing textbook, the treatment is an ideal introduction to the new world of social media strategies. For novice bloggers...
Business (J.1...)
| Jul 9 10
Computer ethics
While a comparatively thin treatment, the central thesis of this book is a presentation of the sociotechnical systems (STS) perspective of science, technology, and society. It identifies “three mistakes that should be avoided in thinking about...
Ethics (K.4.1...)
| Jun 24 10
Coverage control in sensor networks
This very interesting book addresses sensor network issues. It is suitable for both students and researchers. In addition to its interesting content, its approximately 200-page size makes it very practical...
Network Architecture & Design (C.2.1)
| Jul 16 10
Data engineering: mining, information and intelligence
What attracted me to this book was its title. With the massive growth of data that spans many different types, including multimedia, and runs into petabytes and beyond in volume, the effective...
Data Mining (H.2.8...)
| Jun 22 10
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