BibSonomy publications for /author/GraySun Feb 12 00:00:00 CET 2012Computational Optimization, Methods and Algorithmsseries/sci/2011-356125-151Studies in Computational IntelligenceTraditional and Hybrid Derivative-Free Optimization Approaches for Black Box Functions.3562011dblp Fri Feb 10 01:01:42 CET 2012PLoS One1e1465Safety and immunogenicity of an AMA-1 malaria vaccine in Malian adults: results of a phase 1 randomized controlled trial.32008ama1 falciparum malaria plasmodium vaccine The objective was to evaluate the safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of the AMA-1-based blood-stage malaria vaccine FMP2.1/AS02A in adults exposed to seasonal malaria.A phase 1 double blind randomized controlled dose escalation trial was conducted in Bandiagara, Mali, West Africa, a rural town with intense seasonal transmission of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The malaria vaccine FMP2.1/AS02A is a recombinant protein (FMP2.1) based on apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) from the 3D7 clone of P. falciparum, adjuvanted with AS02A. The comparator vaccine was a cell-culture rabies virus vaccine (RabAvert). Sixty healthy, malaria-experienced adults aged 18-55 y were recruited into 2 cohorts and randomized to receive either a half dose or full dose of the malaria vaccine (FMP2.1 25 microg/AS02A 0.25 mL or FMP2.1 50 microg/AS02A 0.5 mL) or rabies vaccine given in 3 doses at 0, 1 and 2 mo, and were followed for 1 y. Solicited symptoms were assessed for 7 d and unsolicited symptoms for 30 d after each vaccination. Serious adverse events were assessed throughout the study. Titers of anti-AMA-1 antibodies were measured by ELISA and P. falciparum growth inhibition assays were performed on sera collected at pre- and post-vaccination time points. Transient local pain and swelling were common and more frequent in both malaria vaccine dosage groups than in the comparator group. Anti-AMA-1 antibodies increased significantly in both malaria vaccine groups, peaking at nearly 5-fold and more than 6-fold higher than baseline in the half-dose and full-dose groups, respectively.The FMP2.1/AS02A vaccine had a good safety profile, was well-tolerated, and was highly immunogenic in malaria-exposed adults. This malaria vaccine is being evaluated in Phase 1 and 2 trials in children at this site.Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 CET 2012iConferenceconf/iconference/2012555-557"Why won't you be my Facebook friend?": strategies for managing context collapse in the workplace.2012dblp Wed Feb 08 00:00:00 CET 2012IASconf/IEEEias/2011338-343Holistic analysis of mix protocols.2011dblp Wed Feb 08 00:00:00 CET 2012Asian Test Symposiumconf/ats/2011545-551Burst-Mode Transmission and Data Recovery for Multi-GHz Optical Packet Switching Network Testing.2011dblp Wed Feb 08 00:00:00 CET 2012ITCconf/itc/19981000-1009A goal tree based high-level test planning system for DSP real number models.1998dblp Tue Feb 07 00:00:00 CET 2012ITCconf/itc/20071-9Co-development of test electronics and PCI Express interface for a multi-Gbps optical switching network.2007dblp Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 CET 2012ITCconf/itc/20091-11A development platform and electronic modules for automated test up to 20 Gbps.2009dblp Sun Feb 05 00:00:00 CET 2012IJNGC2Simplifying the Development and Deployment of MapReduce Algorithms.22011dblp Fri Feb 03 00:00:00 CET 2012Multiagent and Grid Systems119-44Introducing domain-specific language implementation using web service-oriented technologies.82012dblp Tue Jan 31 21:08:40 CET 2012Bouma (EDS), Fifth International Workshop on Feature Interactions In Telecommunications and Software Systems (FIW'98)135--149{Feature-Interaction Visualization and Resolution in an Agent Environment}1998fip, online {Our project is concerned with how dynamic agencies (sets of collaborating agents that vary their composition and collective behaviour over time) may be used to resolve demanding telecom problems in a flexible manner. Feature interaction (FI) is being studied as an instance of such problems for which dynamic agencies may be an appropriate solution. In our approach, Use Case Maps (UCMs) provide system-wide "behaviour structures" that enable people to get a global understanding of dynamic situations. Feature interactions can be seen visually in the UCMs and then be reasoned about and resolved by people at the UCM level. Tables generated from these behaviour structures provide a framework for humans to add information that will enable executable prototypes to be generated. These executable prototypes are FI-avoidant systems where features are modelled as competing rule engines and interactions are detected and resolved at run time by coordinating through a blackboard. The app...}Tue Jan 31 21:08:40 CET 2012New York, NY, USAComput. Netw.5585--603{Policy-enabled mechanisms for feature interactions: reality, expectations, challenges}452004fip {This paper is based on the discussion during a panel that took place at the 7th Workshop on Feature Interactions in Telecommunications and Software Systems in Ottawa, Canada, June 2003. It presents a holistic picture on two paradigms, namely \&\#60;i>feature\&\#60;/i> and \&\#60;i>policy\&\#60;/i>, and their intertwining. The guest panelists brought examples from complementary areas and presented their experiences on using the concept of policy for defining features and for treating the feature interaction problem. The intrinsic interactions commonly called policy \&\#60;i>conflicts\&\#60;/i> within policy-based systems were also discussed. The panelists considered methodological issues, such as the use of deontic logic and the representation of features through policies, as well as industrial applications, such as service provisioning and policy-based management applications for service bundling. They also brought out different views that reflect some disparity between the communities involved in this research.}Tue Jan 31 21:08:40 CET 2012Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'989--8{Applying Use Case Maps to Multi-agent Systems: A Feature Interaction Example}1998fip {Multi-agent systems are emerging as a potential solution to the problem of constructing flexible network-based software. A characteristic of such systems is that wholesystem behaviour patterns emerge from the combination of many details in many agents, in sometimes intricate ways. Understanding the big picture by composing the details is often difficult and designing the details to achieve some desired whole-system behaviour pattern can easily become a cut-and-try exercise. To help solve these problems, we offer use case maps (UCMs) to provide a first-class representation of whole-system behaviour patterns, at a level above details. To illustrate the approach, we apply it to a classical distributed system problem of a kind that agent systems must be capable of solving, namely feature interaction in telephony. 1.}Tue Jan 31 21:08:40 CET 2012Washington, DC, USAHICSS '98: Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 6{A High Level Visual Notation for Understanding and Designing Collaborative, Adaptive Behavior in Multiagent Systems}1998mas {We explain how to use a high level, visual notation called Use Case Maps (UCMs) to bring together the "what" and "how" of multiagent systems, for understanding and design. "What" refers to descriptions of what agents do, descriptions that are declarative from a detailed software design perspective (e.g., BDI models). "How" refers to descriptions of how the software does it, expressed with software design notations. Two important properties of agent systems that make them difficult to understand and design are multiagent collaborative behaviour and adaption by system self modification. BDI-style descriptions of what must be done to achieve these properties do not give a direct view of the properties, but leave them to emerge. Conventional software design descriptions swamp us with unnecessary and undesirable detail relative to both system properties and BDI-style models. UCMs were invented to raise the level of abstraction of software design in precisely the way required to overcome these problems. UCMs are particularly suitable for multiagent systems because they bring together the "what" and "how" of collaborative behaviour and system self modification in a coherent way, in a single high level visual notation. A companion HICSS98 paper titled "Applying Use Case Maps to Multi-agent Systems: A Feature Interaction Example" illustrates the approach.}Tue Jan 31 21:08:40 CET 2012Journal of Network and Systems Managementsep3419--437{An Agent Model for the Resolution of Feature Conflicts in Telephony}82000fip, mas 1{Most telecommunication service providers resolve the feature interaction problem by providing specific instructions in their management software to handle scenarios where feature interaction may occur. This approach suffers from the complexity of the resulting code and the difficulty of adding new features to the system. Moreover, the system predefines the result of the resolution of the conflicting features and the end user has no means of choosing a different behavior, depending on the preferences of the user. In this paper we propose an agent-based architecture to detect and resolve feature interactions. Our system benefits from the flexibility and the semantic richness of policies and fuzzy logic to allow the end user to alter the behavior of the system, thus obtaining a more personalized service.}Tue Jan 31 21:08:40 CET 2012System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference onSystem Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on171--179 vol.6{Applying use case maps to multi-agent systems: a feature interaction example}61998mas {Multi-agent systems are emerging as a potential solution to the problem of constructing flexible network-based software. A characteristic of such systems is that whole-system behaviour patterns emerge from the combination of many details in many agents, in sometimes intricate ways. Understanding the big picture by composing the details is often difficult and designing the details to achieve some desired whole-system behaviour pattern can easily become a cut-and-try exercise. To help solve these problems, the authors offer use case maps (UCMs) to provide a first-class representation of whole-system behaviour patterns, at a level above details. To illustrate the approach, they apply it to a classical distributed system problem of a kind that agent systems must be capable of solving, namely feature interaction in telephony}Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 CET 2012IS Management179-82Peripheral Issues?292012dblp Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 CET 2012FACSconf/facs2/201071-87Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceAn Introduction to Pervasive Interface Automata.69212010dblp Sun Jan 29 00:00:00 CET 2012IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing92458-2471Positive-definite Toeplitz completion in DOA estimation for nonuniform linear antenna arrays. I. Fully augmentable arrays.461998dblp Sat Jan 28 00:00:00 CET 2012ICSEconf/icse/2011653-662A method for selecting SOA pilot projects including a pilot metrics framework.2011dblp