Programmers often code up asynchronous message-passing systems as communicating finite-state actors. An actor in some state listens for messages, responds to those messages, and transitions to another state. Most of these systems allow messages to carry actor addresses. This paper presents a kernel language for implementing and specifying such systems. A specification consists of finite-state m...

Vulnerabilities and backdoors in NOS (Network operating system) allow malicious actors to disrupt network or hijack NOS. The current work proposes a NOS architecture called secure control plane (SCP) that enhances security through a rotation of hetergeneous and multiple NOSs.Theory analysis proves validity and availability of the SCP and its more effective security performance over traditional ...

This paper describes an interdisciplinary experiment in controlling semi-autonomous animated human forms with natural language input. These computer-generated characters resemble traditional stage actors, in that they are more autonomous than traditional hand-guided animated characters, and less autonomous than fully improvisational agents. We introduce the desktop tkeatev metaphor, reserving f...

Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements. This paper discusses the use of vaccinations against measles, cholera and meningitis in this context. The role of NGOs in the advocacy for making new and more effective vaccines available to the most vulnerable populations is also emphasised.

The real challenge of business environment is derived from a situation where organizations need to find opportunities on how to introduce ideas and new products to market that provide future earnings stream. Management accounting is used as a tool in this process and provides information on opportunities and threats. The purpose of this research is to explain the role of management accounting i...

In this paper, we show the evolution from the earliest frame-by-frame synthetic actors to real-time perceptive actors living in distributed virtual environments or even in the real world. We first compare requirements and methods for frame-by-frame and real-time actors. Then, we introduce a new classification of synthetic actors with four categories: participants, guided actors, autonomous acto...

The Architecture Engineering Construction Facilities Management (AEC/FM) industry is currently plagued with inefficiencies in access and retrieval of relevant information across the various stakeholders and actors, because the vast amount of project related information is not only diverse but the information is also highly fragmented and distributed across different sources and actors. More oft...

Members of the 67th World Health Assembly in 2014 were presented with a framework document to guide World Health Organization (WHO) engagement with non-state actors, a key part of WHO reform kick-started in 2011. According to this document, non-state actors include four distinct constituencies: i) nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), ii) private sector entities; iii) philanthropic foundations;...