---------------------------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT------------------------------------------------------------Cloud Computing is an emerging paradigm in the advanced network arena that facilitates the users to access shared computing resources through internet-on-demand. Cloud Computing has been widely used since it brings tremendous improvements in business. Cloud us...

The traditional view has been that Cognitive Linguistics (CL) is incompatible with formalization. Cognitive linguistics is serious about embodiment and grounding, including imagery and image-schemas, force-dynamics, real-time processing, discourse considerations, mental spaces, context, and so on. It remains true that some properties of embodied language, such as context sensitivity, can not be...

A new high rate binary linear block code construction technique, named as Geometric Construction (GC) codes, was proposed recently [1]. It generates all the even full information rate (optimal) Hamming distance – 4 codes. In this paper, we have enhanced the construction of GC codes with respect to code rate and derived a code family of hamming distance-8 GC codes.

wax precipitate is one of the most serious issues the oil industry is currently facing, since it can cause some troubles such as increasing of the pressure losses in pipe which subsequently increases the required power for pumpage. to remove this problem, prediction of wax disappearance temperature (wdt) seems necessary. in this study, the pressure influence on the wax disappearance temperature...

We present a detailed description of analytical methods associated with the joint maximum likelihood estimation of temperature and polarization power spectra from maps produced by Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) experiments. We investigate the problem both in pixel space and in harmonic domain. The noise properties and issues related to the partial sky coverage are studied. “Electric” and “Ma...

With the proliferation of Location-Based Services (LBS) and the increasing amount of geographic data, many issues arise related to the integration of spatial data and their visualization. The thesis’ objective aims at tackling these challenges by integrating LBS offered by multi-providers in the context of touristic Points Of Interests (POI). In this document, a short state of the art of data i...

Collaboration among design systems is rapidly becoming a focus of research in automated design (Klein 1992) (Lander and Lesser 1992) (Maher et. al. 1993 ). The construction collaborative design systems involves issues relating to the integration of heterogeneous databases and tools, multi-user interfaces, and design documentation, as well as issues of interagent communication and coordination. ...

In this paper, we examine electronic marketplaces which employ multi-agent technology. More specifically, our attention is on controlled multi-agent emarketplaces without coalitions between agents. First we present a classification of such electronic marketplaces. Since the organization of negotiation between agents is decisive for this type of marketplace, we base our classification on negotia...

The enormous amount of information available electronically, combined with the wide range of methods for information retrieval and manipulation, produces a complex electronic information environment that may be difficult for users to exploit. This paper summarizes how motivations and issues for a multiagent approach to information retrieval are addressed in our multi-agent system called Calvin....

Nowadays there is a clear trend towards using methods and tools that can develop multi-agent systems (MAS) capable of performing dynamic selforganization when they detect changes in the environment. Moreover, the ideas that model the interactions of a multi-agent system cannot be related only to the agents and their communication skills in gaining strength, but it is necessary to use the concep...