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36,007
A Neural Network Classifier of Volume Datasets
cs.GR
Many state-of-the art visualization techniques must be tailored to the specific type of dataset, its modality (CT, MRI, etc.), the recorded object or anatomical region (head, spine, abdomen, etc.) and other parameters related to the data acquisition process. While parts of the information (imaging modality and acquisit...
computer science
36,008
What Does Artificial Life Tell Us About Death?
cs.AI
Short philosophical essay
computer science
36,009
Soft Constraints for Quality Aspects in Service Oriented Architectures
cs.AI
We propose the use of Soft Constraints as a natural way to model Service Oriented Architecture. In the framework, constraints are used to model components and connectors and constraint aggregation is used to represent their interactions. The "quality of a service" is measured and considered when performing queries to s...
computer science
36,010
Recommender Systems for the Conference Paper Assignment Problem
cs.IR
Conference paper assignment, i.e., the task of assigning paper submissions to reviewers, presents multi-faceted issues for recommender systems research. Besides the traditional goal of predicting `who likes what?', a conference management system must take into account aspects such as: reviewer capacity constraints, ade...
computer science
36,011
An Event Based Approach To Situational Representation
cs.DB
Many application domains require representing interrelated real-world activities and/or evolving physical phenomena. In the crisis response domain, for instance, one may be interested in representing the state of the unfolding crisis (e.g., forest fire), the progress of the response activities such as evacuation and tr...
computer science
36,012
On Chase Termination Beyond Stratification
cs.DB
We study the termination problem of the chase algorithm, a central tool in various database problems such as the constraint implication problem, Conjunctive Query optimization, rewriting queries using views, data exchange, and data integration. The basic idea of the chase is, given a database instance and a set of cons...
computer science
36,013
Constructive Decision Theory
cs.GT
In most contemporary approaches to decision making, a decision problem is described by a sets of states and set of outcomes, and a rich set of acts, which are functions from states to outcomes over which the decision maker (DM) has preferences. Most interesting decision problems, however, do not come with a state space...
computer science
36,014
Towards the Patterns of Hard CSPs with Association Rule Mining
cs.DB
The hardness of finite domain Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs) is a very important research area in Constraint Programming (CP) community. However, this problem has not yet attracted much attention from the researchers in the association rule mining community. As a popular data mining technique, association rule...
computer science
36,015
Restricted Global Grammar Constraints
cs.AI
We investigate the global GRAMMAR constraint over restricted classes of context free grammars like deterministic and unambiguous context-free grammars. We show that detecting disentailment for the GRAMMAR constraint in these cases is as hard as parsing an unrestricted context free grammar.We also consider the class of ...
computer science
36,016
Query Significance in Databases via Randomizations
cs.DB
Many sorts of structured data are commonly stored in a multi-relational format of interrelated tables. Under this relational model, exploratory data analysis can be done by using relational queries. As an example, in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) a query can be used to check whether the average rank of action movi...
computer science
36,017
Agent-Oriented Approach for Detecting and Managing Risks in Emergency Situations
cs.AI
This paper presents an agent-oriented approach to build a decision support system aimed at helping emergency managers to detect and to manage risks. We stress the flexibility and the adaptivity characteristics that are crucial to build a robust and efficient system, able to resolve complex problems. The system should b...
computer science
36,018
How Controlled English can Improve Semantic Wikis
cs.HC
The motivation of semantic wikis is to make acquisition, maintenance, and mining of formal knowledge simpler, faster, and more flexible. However, most existing semantic wikis have a very technical interface and are restricted to a relatively low level of expressivity. In this paper, we explain how AceWiki uses controll...
computer science
36,019
Graph Theory and Optimization Problems for Very Large Networks
cs.NI
Graph theory provides a primary tool for analyzing and designing computer communication networks. In the past few decades, Graph theory has been used to study various types of networks, including the Internet, wide Area Networks, Local Area Networks, and networking protocols such as border Gateway Protocol, Open shorte...
computer science
36,020
Relativized hyperequivalence of logic programs for modular programming
cs.AI
A recent framework of relativized hyperequivalence of programs offers a unifying generalization of strong and uniform equivalence. It seems to be especially well suited for applications in program optimization and modular programming due to its flexibility that allows us to restrict, independently of each other, the he...
computer science
36,021
Graphical Probabilistic Routing Model for OBS Networks with Realistic Traffic Scenario
cs.NI
Burst contention is a well-known challenging problem in Optical Burst Switching (OBS) networks. Contention resolution approaches are always reactive and attempt to minimize the BLR based on local information available at the core node. On the other hand, a proactive approach that avoids burst losses before they occur i...
computer science
36,022
Scaling Analysis of Affinity Propagation
cs.AI
We analyze and exploit some scaling properties of the Affinity Propagation (AP) clustering algorithm proposed by Frey and Dueck (2007). First we observe that a divide and conquer strategy, used on a large data set hierarchically reduces the complexity ${\cal O}(N^2)$ to ${\cal O}(N^{(h+2)/(h+1)})$, for a data-set of si...
computer science
36,023
State of the Art Review for Applying Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques to Portfolio Optimisation
cs.CE
Computational techniques have shown much promise in the field of Finance, owing to their ability to extract sense out of dauntingly complex systems. This paper reviews the most promising of these techniques, from traditional computational intelligence methods to their machine learning siblings, with particular view to ...
computer science
36,024
An Agent Based Classification Model
cs.AI
The major function of this model is to access the UCI Wisconsin Breast Can- cer data-set[1] and classify the data items into two categories, which are normal and anomalous. This kind of classifi cation can be referred as anomaly detection, which discriminates anomalous behaviour from normal behaviour in computer system...
computer science
36,025
Faster Algorithms for Max-Product Message-Passing
cs.AI
Maximum A Posteriori inference in graphical models is often solved via message-passing algorithms, such as the junction-tree algorithm, or loopy belief-propagation. The exact solution to this problem is well known to be exponential in the size of the model's maximal cliques after it is triangulated, while approximate i...
computer science
36,026
Sum of Us: Strategyproof Selection from the Selectors
cs.GT
We consider directed graphs over a set of n agents, where an edge (i,j) is taken to mean that agent i supports or trusts agent j. Given such a graph and an integer k\leq n, we wish to select a subset of k agents that maximizes the sum of indegrees, i.e., a subset of k most popular or most trusted agents. At the same ti...
computer science
36,027
Named Models in Coalgebraic Hybrid Logic
cs.LO
Hybrid logic extends modal logic with support for reasoning about individual states, designated by so-called nominals. We study hybrid logic in the broad context of coalgebraic semantics, where Kripke frames are replaced with coalgebras for a given functor, thus covering a wide range of reasoning principles including, ...
computer science
36,028
Alternation-Trading Proofs, Linear Programming, and Lower Bounds
cs.CC
A fertile area of recent research has demonstrated concrete polynomial time lower bounds for solving natural hard problems on restricted computational models. Among these problems are Satisfiability, Vertex Cover, Hamilton Path, Mod6-SAT, Majority-of-Majority-SAT, and Tautologies, to name a few. The proofs of these low...
computer science
36,029
Abstract Answer Set Solvers with Learning
cs.AI
Nieuwenhuis, Oliveras, and Tinelli (2006) showed how to describe enhancements of the Davis-Putnam-Logemann-Loveland algorithm using transition systems, instead of pseudocode. We design a similar framework for several algorithms that generate answer sets for logic programs: Smodels, Smodels-cc, Asp-Sat with Learning (Cm...
computer science
36,030
ICD 10 Based Medical Expert System Using Fuzzy Temporal Logic
cs.AI
Medical diagnosis process involves many levels and considerable amount of time and money are invariably spent for the first level of diagnosis usually made by the physician for all the patients every time. Hence there is a need for a computer based system which not only asks relevant questions to the patients but also ...
computer science
36,031
Comparing Simulation Output Accuracy of Discrete Event and Agent Based Models: A Quantitive Approach
cs.AI
In our research we investigate the output accuracy of discrete event simulation models and agent based simulation models when studying human centric complex systems. In this paper we focus on human reactive behaviour as it is possible in both modelling approaches to implement human reactive behaviour in the model by us...
computer science
36,032
A Little More, a Lot Better: Improving Path Quality by a Simple Path Merging Algorithm
cs.RO
Sampling-based motion planners are an effective means for generating collision-free motion paths. However, the quality of these motion paths (with respect to quality measures such as path length, clearance, smoothness or energy) is often notoriously low, especially in high-dimensional configuration spaces. We introduce...
computer science
36,033
Detecting Botnets Through Log Correlation
cs.AI
Botnets, which consist of thousands of compromised machines, can cause significant threats to other systems by launching Distributed Denial of Service (SSoS) attacks, keylogging, and backdoors. In response to these threats, new effective techniques are needed to detect the presence of botnets. In this paper, we have us...
computer science
36,034
A Decidable Class of Nested Iterated Schemata (extended version)
cs.LO
Many problems can be specified by patterns of propositional formulae depending on a parameter, e.g. the specification of a circuit usually depends on the number of bits of its input. We define a logic whose formulae, called "iterated schemata", allow to express such patterns. Schemata extend propositional logic with in...
computer science
36,035
Janus: Automatic Ontology Builder from XSD Files
cs.DB
The construction of a reference ontology for a large domain still remains an hard human task. The process is sometimes assisted by software tools that facilitate the information extraction from a textual corpus. Despite of the great use of XML Schema files on the internet and especially in the B2B domain, tools that of...
computer science
36,036
Mining Knowledge in Astrophysical Massive Data Sets
cs.AI
Modern scientific data mainly consist of huge datasets gathered by a very large number of techniques and stored in very diversified and often incompatible data repositories. More in general, in the e-science environment, it is considered as a critical and urgent requirement to integrate services across distributed, het...
computer science
36,037
Use of Python and Phoenix-M Interface in Robotics
cs.RO
In this paper I will show how to use Python programming with a computer interface such as Phoenix-M 1 to drive simple robots. In my quest towards Artificial Intelligence(AI) I am experimenting with a lot of different possibilities in Robotics. This one will try to mimic the working of a simple insect's nervous system u...
computer science
36,038
A Factorial Experiment on Scalability of Search Based Software Testing
cs.SE
Software testing is an expensive process, which is vital in the industry. Construction of the test-data in software testing requires the major cost and to decide which method to use in order to generate the test data is important. This paper discusses the efficiency of search-based algorithms (preferably genetic algori...
computer science
36,039
Context Capture in Software Development
cs.SE
The context of a software developer is something hard to define and capture, as it represents a complex network of elements across different dimensions that are not limited to the work developed on an IDE. We propose the definition of a software developer context model that takes into account all the dimensions that ch...
computer science
36,040
Evolutionary Mechanics: new engineering principles for the emergence of flexibility in a dynamic and uncertain world
nlin.AO
Engineered systems are designed to deftly operate under predetermined conditions yet are notoriously fragile when unexpected perturbations arise. In contrast, biological systems operate in a highly flexible manner; learn quickly adequate responses to novel conditions, and evolve new routines/traits to remain competitiv...
computer science
36,041
Adaptive Submodular Optimization under Matroid Constraints
cs.DS
Many important problems in discrete optimization require maximization of a monotonic submodular function subject to matroid constraints. For these problems, a simple greedy algorithm is guaranteed to obtain near-optimal solutions. In this article, we extend this classic result to a general class of adaptive optimizatio...
computer science
36,042
A Human-Centric Approach to Group-Based Context-Awareness
cs.AI
The emerging need for qualitative approaches in context-aware information processing calls for proper modeling of context information and efficient handling of its inherent uncertainty resulted from human interpretation and usage. Many of the current approaches to context-awareness either lack a solid theoretical basis...
computer science
36,043
A Simplified and Improved Free-Variable Framework for Hilbert's epsilon as an Operator of Indefinite Committed Choice
cs.AI
Free variables occur frequently in mathematics and computer science with ad hoc and altering semantics. We present the most recent version of our free-variable framework for two-valued logics with properly improved functionality, but only two kinds of free variables left (instead of three): implicitly universally and i...
computer science
36,044
Kernels for Global Constraints
cs.AI
Bessiere et al. (AAAI'08) showed that several intractable global constraints can be efficiently propagated when certain natural problem parameters are small. In particular, the complete propagation of a global constraint is fixed-parameter tractable in k - the number of holes in domains - whenever bound consistency can...
computer science
36,045
Backdoors to Tractable Answer-Set Programming
cs.CC
Answer Set Programming (ASP) is an increasingly popular framework for declarative programming that admits the description of problems by means of rules and constraints that form a disjunctive logic program. In particular, many AI problems such as reasoning in a nonmonotonic setting can be directly formulated in ASP. Al...
computer science
36,046
Foundations for Uniform Interpolation and Forgetting in Expressive Description Logics
cs.LO
We study uniform interpolation and forgetting in the description logic ALC. Our main results are model-theoretic characterizations of uniform inter- polants and their existence in terms of bisimula- tions, tight complexity bounds for deciding the existence of uniform interpolants, an approach to computing interpolants ...
computer science
36,047
Augmenting Tractable Fragments of Abstract Argumentation
cs.AI
We present a new and compelling approach to the efficient solution of important computational problems that arise in the context of abstract argumentation. Our approach makes known algorithms defined for restricted fragments generally applicable, at a computational cost that scales with the distance from the fragment. ...
computer science
36,048
Combining Ontology Development Methodologies and Semantic Web Platforms for E-government Domain Ontology Development
cs.AI
One of the key challenges in electronic government (e-government) is the development of systems that can be easily integrated and interoperated to provide seamless services delivery to citizens. In recent years, Semantic Web technologies based on ontology have emerged as promising solutions to the above engineering pro...
computer science
36,049
Limits of Preprocessing
cs.AI
We present a first theoretical analysis of the power of polynomial-time preprocessing for important combinatorial problems from various areas in AI. We consider problems from Constraint Satisfaction, Global Constraints, Satisfiability, Nonmonotonic and Bayesian Reasoning. We show that, subject to a complexity theoretic...
computer science
36,050
Exhaustive Search-based Model for Hybrid Sensor Network
cs.AI
A new model for a cluster of hybrid sensors network with multi sub-clusters is proposed. The model is in particular relevant to the early warning system in a large scale monitoring system in, for example, a nuclear power plant. It mainly addresses to a safety critical system which requires real-time processes with high...
computer science
36,051
Feature Subset Selection for Software Cost Modelling and Estimation
cs.SE
Feature selection has been recently used in the area of software engineering for improving the accuracy and robustness of software cost models. The idea behind selecting the most informative subset of features from a pool of available cost drivers stems from the hypothesis that reducing the dimensionality of datasets w...
computer science
36,052
Elegant Object-oriented Software Design via Interactive, Evolutionary Computation
cs.SE
Design is fundamental to software development but can be demanding to perform. Thus to assist the software designer, evolutionary computing is being increasingly applied using machine-based, quantitative fitness functions to evolve software designs. However, in nature, elegance and symmetry play a crucial role in the r...
computer science
36,053
Intelligent Search Heuristics for Cost Based Scheduling
cs.AI
Nurse scheduling is a difficult optimization problem with multiple constraints. There is extensive research in the literature solving the problem using meta-heuristics approaches. In this paper, we will investigate an intelligent search heuristics that handles cost based scheduling problem. The heuristics demonstrated ...
computer science
36,054
Relative Expressiveness of Defeasible Logics
cs.AI
We address the relative expressiveness of defeasible logics in the framework DL. Relative expressiveness is formulated as the ability to simulate the reasoning of one logic within another logic. We show that such simulations must be modular, in the sense that they also work if applied only to part of a theory, in order...
computer science
36,055
An efficient algorithm for estimating state sequences in imprecise hidden Markov models
cs.AI
We present an efficient exact algorithm for estimating state sequences from outputs (or observations) in imprecise hidden Markov models (iHMM), where both the uncertainty linking one state to the next, and that linking a state to its output, are represented using coherent lower previsions. The notion of independence we...
computer science
36,056
D-FLAT: Declarative Problem Solving Using Tree Decompositions and Answer-Set Programming
cs.AI
In this work, we propose Answer-Set Programming (ASP) as a tool for rapid prototyping of dynamic programming algorithms based on tree decompositions. In fact, many such algorithms have been designed, but only a few of them found their way into implementation. The main obstacle is the lack of easy-to-use systems which (...
computer science
36,057
Annotating Answer-Set Programs in LANA?
cs.SE
While past research in answer-set programming (ASP) mainly focused on theory, ASP solver technology, and applications, the present work situates itself in the context of a quite recent research trend: development support for ASP. In particular, we propose to augment answer-set programs with additional meta-information ...
computer science
36,058
Disjunctive Datalog with Existential Quantifiers: Semantics, Decidability, and Complexity Issues
cs.AI
Datalog is one of the best-known rule-based languages, and extensions of it are used in a wide context of applications. An important Datalog extension is Disjunctive Datalog, which significantly increases the expressivity of the basic language. Disjunctive Datalog is useful in a wide range of applications, ranging from...
computer science
36,059
Simulated Tom Thumb, the Rule Of Thumb for Autonomous Robots
cs.RO
For a mobile robot to be truly autonomous, it must solve the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) problem. We develop a new metaheuristic algorithm called Simulated Tom Thumb (STT), based on the detailed adventure of the clever Tom Thumb and advances in researches relating to path planning based on potential fu...
computer science
36,060
Distributional Framework for Emergent Knowledge Acquisition and its Application to Automated Document Annotation
cs.AI
The paper introduces a framework for representation and acquisition of knowledge emerging from large samples of textual data. We utilise a tensor-based, distributional representation of simple statements extracted from text, and show how one can use the representation to infer emergent knowledge patterns from the textu...
computer science
36,061
Introduction to the 28th International Conference on Logic Programming Special Issue
cs.PL
We are proud to introduce this special issue of the Journal of Theory and Practice of Logic Programming (TPLP), dedicated to the full papers accepted for the 28th International Conference on Logic Programming (ICLP). The ICLP meetings started in Marseille in 1982 and since then constitute the main venue for presenting ...
computer science
36,062
An example illustrating the imprecision of the efficient approach for diagnosis of Petri nets via integer linear programming
cs.SY
This document demonstrates that the efficient approach for diagnosis of Petri nets via integer linear programming may be unable to detect a fault even if the system is diagnosable.
computer science
36,063
Causal Inference by Surrogate Experiments: z-Identifiability
cs.AI
We address the problem of estimating the effect of intervening on a set of variables X from experiments on a different set, Z, that is more accessible to manipulation. This problem, which we call z-identifiability, reduces to ordinary identifiability when Z = empty and, like the latter, can be given syntactic character...
computer science
36,064
The Do-Calculus Revisited
cs.AI
The do-calculus was developed in 1995 to facilitate the identification of causal effects in non-parametric models. The completeness proofs of [Huang and Valtorta, 2006] and [Shpitser and Pearl, 2006] and the graphical criteria of [Tian and Shpitser, 2010] have laid this identification problem to rest. Recent exploratio...
computer science
36,065
Scaling Up Decentralized MDPs Through Heuristic Search
cs.AI
Decentralized partially observable Markov decision processes (Dec-POMDPs) are rich models for cooperative decision-making under uncertainty, but are often intractable to solve optimally (NEXP-complete). The transition and observation independent Dec-MDP is a general subclass that has been shown to have complexity in NP...
computer science
36,066
A Bayesian Approach to Constraint Based Causal Inference
cs.AI
We target the problem of accuracy and robustness in causal inference from finite data sets. Some state-of-the-art algorithms produce clear output complete with solid theoretical guarantees but are susceptible to propagating erroneous decisions, while others are very adept at handling and representing uncertainty, but n...
computer science
36,067
Dynamic Stochastic Orienteering Problems for Risk-Aware Applications
cs.AI
Orienteering problems (OPs) are a variant of the well-known prize-collecting traveling salesman problem, where the salesman needs to choose a subset of cities to visit within a given deadline. OPs and their extensions with stochastic travel times (SOPs) have been used to model vehicle routing problems and tourist trip ...
computer science
36,068
Exploiting Structure in Cooperative Bayesian Games
cs.GT
Cooperative Bayesian games (BGs) can model decision-making problems for teams of agents under imperfect information, but require space and computation time that is exponential in the number of agents. While agent independence has been used to mitigate these problems in perfect information settings, we propose a novel a...
computer science
36,069
Heuristic Ranking in Tightly Coupled Probabilistic Description Logics
cs.AI
The Semantic Web effort has steadily been gaining traction in the recent years. In particular,Web search companies are recently realizing that their products need to evolve towards having richer semantic search capabilities. Description logics (DLs) have been adopted as the formal underpinnings for Semantic Web languag...
computer science
36,070
Probability and Asset Updating using Bayesian Networks for Combinatorial Prediction Markets
cs.AI
A market-maker-based prediction market lets forecasters aggregate information by editing a consensus probability distribution either directly or by trading securities that pay off contingent on an event of interest. Combinatorial prediction markets allow trading on any event that can be specified as a combination of a ...
computer science
36,071
Efficient MRF Energy Minimization via Adaptive Diminishing Smoothing
cs.AI
We consider the linear programming relaxation of an energy minimization problem for Markov Random Fields. The dual objective of this problem can be treated as a concave and unconstrained, but non-smooth function. The idea of smoothing the objective prior to optimization was recently proposed in a series of papers. Some...
computer science
36,072
From imprecise probability assessments to conditional probabilities with quasi additive classes of conditioning events
cs.AI
In this paper, starting from a generalized coherent (i.e. avoiding uniform loss) intervalvalued probability assessment on a finite family of conditional events, we construct conditional probabilities with quasi additive classes of conditioning events which are consistent with the given initial assessment. Quasi additiv...
computer science
36,073
Creating a level playing field for all symbols in a discretization
cs.DS
In time series analysis research there is a strong interest in discrete representations of real valued data streams. One approach that emerged over a decade ago and is still considered state-of-the-art is the Symbolic Aggregate Approximation algorithm. This discretization algorithm was the first symbolic approach that ...
computer science
36,074
Module Theorem for The General Theory of Stable Models
cs.AI
The module theorem by Janhunen et al. demonstrates how to provide a modular structure in answer set programming, where each module has a well-defined input/output interface which can be used to establish the compositionality of answer sets. The theorem is useful in the analysis of answer set programs, and is a basis of...
computer science
36,075
Wikipedia Vandalism Detection Through Machine Learning: Feature Review and New Proposals: Lab Report for PAN at CLEF 2010
cs.IR
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. In this open model, some people edits with the intent of harming the integrity of Wikipedia. This is known as vandalism. We extend the framework presented in (Potthast, Stein, and Gerling, 2008) for Wikipedia vandalism detection. In this approach, several vandal...
computer science
36,076
Improved Local Search in Artificial Bee Colony using Golden Section Search
cs.AI
Artificial bee colony (ABC), an optimization algorithm is a recent addition to the family of population based search algorithm. ABC has taken its inspiration from the collective intelligent foraging behavior of honey bees. In this study we have incorporated golden section search mechanism in the structure of basic ABC ...
computer science
36,077
Illustrating a neural model of logic computations: The case of Sherlock Holmes' old maxim
cs.AI
Natural languages can express some logical propositions that humans are able to understand. We illustrate this fact with a famous text that Conan Doyle attributed to Holmes: 'It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth'. This is a subtle...
computer science
36,078
A Superposition Calculus for Abductive Reasoning
cs.LO
We present a modification of the superposition calculus that is meant to generate consequences of sets of first-order axioms. This approach is proven to be sound and deductive-complete in the presence of redundancy elimination rules, provided the considered consequences are built on a given finite set of ground terms, ...
computer science
36,079
Query Answering over Contextualized RDF/OWL Knowledge with Forall-Existential Bridge Rules: Attaining Decidability using Acyclicity (full version)
cs.LO
The recent outburst of context-dependent knowledge on the Semantic Web (SW) has led to the realization of the importance of the quads in the SW community. Quads, which extend a standard RDF triple, by adding a new parameter of the `context' of an RDF triple, thus informs a reasoner to distinguish between the knowledge ...
computer science
36,080
A Methodology for Empirical Analysis of LOD Datasets
cs.AI
CoCoE stands for Complexity, Coherence and Entropy, and presents an extensible methodology for empirical analysis of Linked Open Data (i.e., RDF graphs). CoCoE can offer answers to questions like: Is dataset A better than B for knowledge discovery since it is more complex and informative?, Is dataset X better than Y fo...
computer science
36,081
A self-organizing system for urban traffic control based on predictive interval microscopic model
cs.AI
This paper introduces a self-organizing traffic signal system for an urban road network. The key elements of this system are agents that control traffic signals at intersections. Each agent uses an interval microscopic traffic model to predict effects of its possible control actions in a short time horizon. The execute...
computer science
36,082
On the satisfiability problem for SPARQL patterns
cs.DB
The satisfiability problem for SPARQL patterns is undecidable in general, since the expressive power of SPARQL 1.0 is comparable with that of the relational algebra. The goal of this paper is to delineate the boundary of decidability of satisfiability in terms of the constraints allowed in filter conditions. The classe...
computer science
36,083
Initial Experiments with TPTP-style Automated Theorem Provers on ACL2 Problems
cs.AI
This paper reports our initial experiments with using external ATP on some corpora built with the ACL2 system. This is intended to provide the first estimate about the usefulness of such external reasoning and AI systems for solving ACL2 problems.
computer science
36,084
Changing the Environment Based on Empowerment as Intrinsic Motivation
cs.AI
One aspect of intelligence is the ability to restructure your own environment so that the world you live in becomes more beneficial to you. In this paper we investigate how the information-theoretic measure of agent empowerment can provide a task-independent, intrinsic motivation to restructure the world. We show how c...
computer science
36,085
An exact and two heuristic strategies for truthful bidding in combinatorial transport auctions
cs.GT
To support a freight carrier in a combinatorial transport auction, we proposes an exact and two heuristic strategies for bidding on subsets of requests. The exact bidding strategy is based on the concept of elementary request combinations. We show that it is sufficient and necessary for a carrier to bid on each element...
computer science
36,086
Tableaux for Dynamic Logic of Propositional Assignments
cs.LO
The Dynamic Logic for Propositional Assignments (DL-PA) has recently been studied as an alternative to Propositional Dynamic Logic (PDL). In DL-PA, the abstract atomic programs of PDL are replaced by assignments of propositional variables to truth values. This makes DL-PA enjoy some interesting meta-logical properties ...
computer science
36,087
Fault-Tolerant, but Paradoxical Path-Finding in Physical and Conceptual Systems
cs.SE
We report our initial investigations into reliability and path-finding based models and propose future areas of interest. Inspired by broken sidewalks during on-campus construction projects, we develop two models for navigating this "unreliable network." These are based on a concept of "accumulating risk" backward from...
computer science
36,088
Conjunction and Negation of Natural Concepts: A Quantum-theoretic Modeling
cs.AI
We perform two experiments with the aim to investigate the effects of negation on the combination of natural concepts. In the first experiment, we test the membership weights of a list of exemplars with respect to two concepts, e.g., {\it Fruits} and {\it Vegetables}, and their conjunction {\it Fruits And Vegetables}. ...
computer science
36,089
Music and Vocal Separation Using Multi-Band Modulation Based Features
cs.SD
The potential use of non-linear speech features has not been investigated for music analysis although other commonly used speech features like Mel Frequency Ceptral Coefficients (MFCC) and pitch have been used extensively. In this paper, we assume an audio signal to be a sum of modulated sinusoidal and then use the ene...
computer science
36,090
The Effect of Social Learning on Individual Learning and Evolution
cs.AI
We consider the effects of social learning on the individual learning and genetic evolution of a colony of artificial agents capable of genetic, individual and social modes of adaptation. We confirm that there is strong selection pressure to acquire traits of individual learning and social learning when these are adapt...
computer science
36,091
Quantum POMDPs
cs.AI
We present quantum observable Markov decision processes (QOMDPs), the quantum analogues of partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs). In a QOMDP, an agent's state is represented as a quantum state and the agent can choose a superoperator to apply. This is similar to the POMDP belief state, which is a prob...
computer science
36,092
Algorithms for CVaR Optimization in MDPs
cs.AI
In many sequential decision-making problems we may want to manage risk by minimizing some measure of variability in costs in addition to minimizing a standard criterion. Conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) is a relatively new risk measure that addresses some of the shortcomings of the well-known variance-related risk meas...
computer science
36,093
Eigenspace Method for Spatiotemporal Hotspot Detection
cs.AI
Hotspot detection aims at identifying subgroups in the observations that are unexpected, with respect to the some baseline information. For instance, in disease surveillance, the purpose is to detect sub-regions in spatiotemporal space, where the count of reported diseases (e.g. Cancer) is higher than expected, with re...
computer science
36,094
CCCP Algorithms to Minimize the Bethe free energy of 3-SAT Problem
cs.AI
The k-sat problem is a prototypical constraint satisfaction problem. There are many algorithms to study k-sat problem, BP algorithm is famous one of them. But BP algorithm does not converge when $\alpha$(constraint density)is bigger than some threshold value. In this paper we use CCCP (Concave Convex Procedure) algorit...
computer science
36,095
Automatic Channel Fault Detection and Diagnosis System for a Small Animal APD-Based Digital PET Scanner
cs.AI
Fault detection and diagnosis is critical to many applications in order to ensure proper operation and performance over time. Positron emission tomography (PET) systems that require regular calibrations by qualified scanner operators are good candidates for such continuous improvements. Furthermore, for scanners employ...
computer science
36,096
Acyclicity Notions for Existential Rules and Their Application to Query Answering in Ontologies
cs.DB
Answering conjunctive queries (CQs) over a set of facts extended with existential rules is a prominent problem in knowledge representation and databases. This problem can be solved using the chase algorithm, which extends the given set of facts with fresh facts in order to satisfy the rules. If the chase terminates, th...
computer science
36,097
Identifying roles of clinical pharmacy with survey evaluation
cs.AI
The survey data sets are important sources of data and their successful exploitation is of key importance for informed policy-decision making. We present how a survey analysis approach initially developed for customer satisfaction research in marketing can be adapted for the introduction of clinical pharmacy services i...
computer science
36,098
Automatic Fado Music Classification
cs.SD
In late 2011, Fado was elevated to the oral and intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO. This study aims to develop a tool for automatic detection of Fado music based on the audio signal. To do this, frequency spectrum-related characteristics were captured form the audio signal: in addition to the Mel Frequency Cepst...
computer science
36,099
The Propagation Depth of Local Consistency
cs.AI
We establish optimal bounds on the number of nested propagation steps in $k$-consistency tests. It is known that local consistency algorithms such as arc-, path- and $k$-consistency are not efficiently parallelizable. Their inherent sequential nature is caused by long chains of nested propagation steps, which cannot be...
computer science
36,100
Architecture of a Fuzzy Expert System Used for Dyslalic Children Therapy
cs.AI
In this paper we present architecture of a fuzzy expert system used for therapy of dyslalic children. With fuzzy approach we can create a better model for speech therapist decisions. A software interface was developed for validation of the system. The main objectives of this task are: personalized therapy (the therapy ...
computer science
36,101
Low-Autocorrelation Binary Sequences: On Improved Merit Factors and Runtime Predictions to Achieve Them
cs.DS
The search for binary sequences with a high figure of merit, known as the low autocorrelation binary sequence ($labs$}) problem, represents a formidable computational challenge. To mitigate the computational constraints of the problem, we consider solvers that accept odd values of sequence length $L$ and return solutio...
computer science
36,102
Cognitive Surveillance: Why does it never appear among the AVSS Conferences topics?
cs.AI
Video Surveillance is a fast evolving field of research and development (R&D) driven by the urgent need for public security and safety (due to the growing threats of terrorism, vandalism, and anti-social behavior). Traditionally, surveillance systems are comprised of two components - video cameras distributed over the ...
computer science
36,103
SROIQsigma is decidable
cs.LO
We consider a dynamic extension of the description logic $\mathcal{SROIQ}$. This means that interpretations could evolve thanks to some actions such as addition and/or deletion of an element (respectively, a pair of elements) of a concept (respectively, of a role). The obtained logic is called $\mathcal{SROIQ}$ with ex...
computer science
36,104
Pattern-wave model of brain. Mechanisms of information processing, memory organization
cs.AI
The structure of the axon-dendrite connections of neurons of the brain creates a rich spatial structure in which provided various combinations of signals surrounding neurons. Structure of dendritic trees and shape of dendritic spines allow repeatedly increase combinatorial component through cross synapses influence nei...
computer science
36,105
Linearized and Single-Pass Belief Propagation
cs.DB
How can we tell when accounts are fake or real in a social network? And how can we tell which accounts belong to liberal, conservative or centrist users? Often, we can answer such questions and label nodes in a network based on the labels of their neighbors and appropriate assumptions of homophily ("birds of a feather ...
computer science
36,106
An Efficient Hybrid CS and K-Means Algorithm for the Capacitated PMedian Problem
math.OC
Capacitated p-median problem (CPMP) is an important variation of facility location problem in which p capacitated medians are economically selected to serve a set of demand vertices so that the total assigned demand to each of the candidate medians must not exceed its capacity. This paper surveys and analyses the combi...
computer science