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CP
2005
Springer
16 years 17 days ago
Mechanism Design for Preference Aggregation over Coalitions
The aggregation of individuals’ preferences into a single group outcome is both well-studied and fundamental within decision theory. Historically, though, a pervasive simplifica...
Eric I. Hsu, Sheila A. McIlraith
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GECCO
2005
Springer
160views Optimization» more  GECCO 2005»
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On the complexity of hierarchical problem solving
Competent Genetic Algorithms can efficiently address problems in which the linkage between variables is limited to a small order k. Problems with higher order dependencies can onl...
Edwin D. de Jong, Richard A. Watson, Dirk Thierens
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ICAPR
2005
Springer
16 years 17 days ago
Recognition Tasks Are Imitation Games
There is need for more formal specification of recognition tasks. Currently, it is common to use labeled training samples to illustrate the task to be performed. The mathematical ...
Richard Zanibbi, Dorothea Blostein, James R. Cordy
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ICDT
2005
ACM
125views Database» more  ICDT 2005»
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PTIME Queries Revisited
The existence of a language expressing precisely the PTIME queries on arbitrary structures remains the central open problem in the theory of database query languages. As it turns o...
Alan Nash, Jeffrey B. Remmel, Victor Vianu
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NORMAS
2005
Springer
16 years 16 days ago
A Framework for the Design of Self-Regulation of Open Agent-based Electronic Marketplaces
In this paper, we argue that allowing self-interested agents to activate social institutions during run-time can improve the robustness (i.e., stability, cooperation or fairness) ...
Christian S. Hahn, Bettina Fley, Michael Florian