As a result of the structure and content transformation of an evolving society, many large scale autonomous systems emerged in diverse areas such as biology, ecology or finance. Inspired by the desire to better understand and make the best out of these systems, we propose an approach which builds stochastic mathematical models, in particular G-networks models, that allow the efficient represent...

A large-scale functional genomics project was initiated to study the function of chromatin-related genes in maize (Zea mays). Transgenic lines containing short gene segments in inverted repeat orientation designed to reduce expression of target genes by RNA interference (RNAi) were isolated, propagated, and analyzed in a variety of assays. Analysis of the selectable marker expression over multi...

The purpose of this paper is to outline the requirement for data-driven methods for determining optimal geographic locations of United States Department of Defense (DOD) Humanitarian Assistance (HA) resources, including disaster mitigation and preparedness projects. HA project managers and tactical implementers charged with cost-efficient deployment of HA resources are challenged to produce mea...

The Internet has been a remarkable success, yet in many ways it is woefully inadequate in meeting the needs of applications and users. Its performance is unpredictable, it is frequently unavailable when we need it, and it does not easily support new technologies such as wireless or evolve with changing needs of users and applications. There are applications we would not think of running on it, ...

In this report we tell about our experiences during a project of designing and implementing three different location based games for mobile phones. The overall design principles for this project were: (1) design for device platform with wide penetration; (2) create an architecture that supports different types of games and services, scalability; and (3) aim for cost efficiency and quick applica...

Due to the utilization of location information, geographic ad hoc routing presents superiority in scalability compared with traditional topology-based routing in mobile ad hoc networks. However, the consequent solicitation for location presence incurs severe concerns of location privacy, which has not been properly studied. In this paper, we attempt to preserve location privacy based on the ide...

Location based services (LBS) aim to deliver information based on a mobile user’s location. However, knowledge of the location can be used by an adversary to physically locate the person, leading to the risk of physical harm, as well as possible leakage of certain personal information. This has serious consequences on privacy. The concept of location kanonymity has been proposed to address this...

design and expansion of distribution systems seems inevitable in view of the need to satisfy the rise in energy consumption in a technical and economical way. optimal location, sizing and determining the service area of substations is one of the principle problems in expansion of distribution systems. also uncertainty is one of the important factors that increase risk of exact decision makings....

A key problem in mechanism design is the construction of protocols that reach socially efficient decisions with minimal information revelation. This can reduce agent communication, and further, potentially increase privacy in the sense that agents reveal no more private information than is needed to determine an optimal outcome. This is not always possible: previous work has explored the tradeo...