Gossip protocols provide probabilistic reliability and scalability, but their inherent randomness may lead to high variation in number of messages that are received at different n...
Jay A. Patel, Indranil Gupta, Noshir S. Contractor
In this research, we re-arrange FIPA’s ACL performatives to form a subsumption lattice (ontology) and apply a theory of social commitments to achieve a simplified and observable...
It is known that five points in 3 generically determine a finite number of cylinders containing those points. We discuss ways in which it can be shown that the generic (complex) nu...
Designers generally agree that understanding the context of use is important in designing products. However, technologically advanced products such as personal robots engender com...
This paper addresses a problem in supply chain management that how scarce resources can be efficiently allocated among competing interests. We present a formal model of allocation...