Database programming requires having the knowledge of database semantics both to maintain database integrity and to explore more optimization opportunities. Automated programming of database transactions is desirable and feasible. In general, transactions use simple constructs and algorithms; specifications of database semantics are available; and transactions perform small incremental updates ...

Context-aware pervasive systems are an important emerging category of software, increasingly pervading into daily life, play and work. These systems are characterized by capabilities for sensing the physical world and taking action, autonomously or in cooperation with users. This paper proposes an incremental approach to building contextaware pervasive systems, with a particular emphasis on sys...

We present and discuss a generic scheme for multi-robot cooperation based on an incremental and distributed plan-merging process. Each robot, autonomously and incrementally builds and executes its own plans taking into account the multi-robot context. The robots are assumed to be able to collect the other robots plans and to coordinate their own plans with the other robots plans to produce \co-...

The development of large software systems is teamwork that requires tool support for coordinating cooperative activities, maintaining project control and sharing information. Existing collaborative environments that aim to support cooperative software development often try to predefine and automate the development process. This leads to problems since software development is a highly dynamic pr...

National and subnational economies have started implementing carbon pricing systems unilaterally, from the bottom up. Therefore, the potential linking of individual cap-and-trade programs to capture efficiency gains and other benefits is of keen interest. This paper introduces a two-tiered framework to guide policymakers, with an interest in North American policy outcomes. One tier discusses pr...

We present and discuss a generic scheme for multi robot cooperation based on an incremental and dis tributed plan merging process Each robot autonomously and incrementally builds and executes its own plans taking into account the multi robot context The robots are assumed to be able to collect the other robots plans and to coordinate their own plans with the other robots plans to produce co ord...

To cope with the difficulty of MRI brain scans automatic segmentation, we need to constrain and control the selection and the adjustment of processing tools depending on the local image characteristics. To extract domain and control knowledge from the image, we propose to use situated cooperative agents whose dedicated behavior, i.e. segmentation of one type of tissue, is dynamically adapted wi...

The paper addresses the issue of how to increase adaptivity in response generation for a spoken dialogue system. Realization strategies for dialogue responses depend on communicative confidence levels and interaction management goals. We first describe a Java/XML-based generator which produces different realizations of system responses based on agendas specified by the dialogue manager. We then...

“south caucasus” has always been part of the most challenging regions of the world and it is considered very crucial for europe to maintain its security.“eastern partnership plan” (eap), which is part of neighborhood policy of eu (european :union:) started in the country a short time after the war between georgia and russia in 2008, in fact, it was interpreted as the europe’s response to russia...