Plan synchronization is a method of analyzing multiagent plans to introduce ordering constraints between them so that heir concurrent xecution achieves a desired goal. We describe a plan synchronization method for goals expressed using temporal logic specifications. Our goals can involve both qualitative and quantitative time requirements. The requirements expressed by a goal can involve safety...

Evaluation of educational systems is a difficult an d often subjectiveprocess.Moreandmorecomputerized educational systems are being proposed, many find t heir ways into the classrooms and already are forming ne w generations of pupils. However, it is risky to leav e the actual validation of these new systems to a trial-a nd-error technique, especially when the involved target are humans. We pro...

The suspected presence of hereditary disease in important historical and political figures has interested researchers for many decades. Whether Abraham Lincoln suffered from Marfan syndrome, if George III became 'mad' because he inherited variegate porphyria, and if the Romanov dynasty collapsed because the heir Alexei inherited haemophilia are important questions; physical illness can adversel...

Статья посвящена портретному творчеству представителя первой волны русской художественной эмиграции Евгения Евгеньевича Климова (1901–1990). Портрету, как и пейзажу, мастер сохранял верность на протяжении всей жизни. Е.Е. Климов, получивший академическое образование в Латвийской академии художеств, воспитан лучших традициях русского реалистического искусства. Созданные им портреты, выполненные ...

Reproduction provides direct fitness benefits; therefore, it is important to determine why in some societies certain individuals have disproportionate access reproductive opportunities. The social interactions that underlie hierarchies can occur multiple situations, yet they are rarely studied unison. heir the wasp Ropalidia marginata cryptic human observers until queen dies or disappears. To w...

The role of the Swedish monarch is mainly ceremonial and involves representing state at some national events in international relations. Outward appearance social-cultural activity are important for preserving tradition having a monarchy Sweden stressing its necessity. aim this article to discuss how image heir apparent throne, Victoria Bernadotte, terms both activity, helps maintain support mo...

NP Complete (abbreviated as NPC) problems, standing at the crux of deciding whether P=NP, are among hardest problems in computer science and other related areas. Through decades, NPC problems are treated as one class. Observing that NPC problems have different natures, it is unlikely that they will have the same complexity. Our intensive study shows that NPC problems are not all equivalent in c...

The legal consequences of adopting a child are that the legally acquires good name adoptive father, becomes marriage parents, and heir parent. That is, as result appointment, all civil relations arise from birth, namely between biological parents children cut off. Children who adopted through court decisions have same position children. Give rights to parties inheritance their parents. Civil Co...