Henry A. Kissinger as Negotiator: Background and Key Accomplishments

An overview of key accomplishments and initiatives in VA research

Many Veterans of operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, which took place in 1990 and 1991, returned home with a number of health problems. Common symptoms include chronic fatigue, joint and muscle pain, memory problems, respiratory difficulties, digestive problems, and skin rashes. A single condition encompassing all these symptoms has been difficult to diagnose and define. Continued on page 2

Designing a Curious Negotiator

In negotiation the exchange of contextual information is as important as the exchange of specific offers. The curious negotiator is a multiagent system with three types of agent. Two negotiation agents, each representing an individual, develop consecutive offers, supported by information, whilst requesting information from its opponent. A mediator agent, with experience of prior negotiations, s...

Curious Negotiator

In negotiation the exchange of information is as important as the exchange of offers. The curious negotiator is a multiagent system with three types of agent. Two negotiation agents, each representing an individual, develop consecutive offers, supported by information, whilst requesting information from its opponent. A mediator agent, with experience of prior negotiations, suggests how the nego...

Chroma Key Using a Checker Pattern Background

In this paper, we proposed a new region extraction method using chroma key with a two-tone checker pattern background. This method solves the problem in conventional chroma key techniques that foreground objects become transparent if they have the same color with the background. The method utilizes the adjacency condition between two-tone regions of the background and the geometrical informatio...

More than an Ethnic Marker: Toraja Art as Identity Negotiator