Some recent research on information processing in organizations has treated the agents who process information as endogenous. This paper discusses a sample of models in this area, which differ in their methodology but are unified by the fact that they study the resource allocation problem. Computational constraints are related to the structure and returns to scale of hierarchies.

Unified collaborative symmetries have led to many natural advances, including semaphores and e-commerce. Here, we verify the understanding of wide-area networks, which embodies the important principles of operating systems. Ash, our new methodology for RAID, is the solution to all of these grand challenges.

Purpose To develop a conception of experience and action. Design/methodology/approach Phenomenological concepts of subjectivity and meaning are combined with cybernetic concepts of constraint. Findings A unified theory of action and experience is developed. Originality/value The theory provides a scientific, cybernetic, unifying theory of experience and action applicable to individuals, groups ...

This paper describes an object oriented approach for the development of a Graphical User Interface that incorporates intelligence and deals with files and folders in a similar way as the Windows 98 Explorer. The system described is called IFM. IFM reasons constantly about users’ actions so that it may automatically offer help in case it believes a user may have made an error. IFM has an object ...

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is getting more popular among system designers due to the need to raise the level of abstraction in system specifications. We present here a methodology that integrates UML specifications with a hardware/software codesign platform. This work aims to give a contribution toward SoC Design Automation starting from system level specification down to hardware/soft...

The authors have applied the CA/LGCA (“Cellular Automata”/ “Lattice Gas Cellular Automata”) methodology to develop and analyse models of spread of epidemics of infectious diseases. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design of the computer models has been performed using the Unified Modelling Language (UML). All required algorithms and data structures have been coded in C++.

This paper proposes an adaptive methodology to estimate the unknown master system parameter and synchronize unified chaotic systems, even if bounded system disturbances are present. Based on both Lyapunov theory and Barbalat’s Lemma, a robust adaptive scheme is proposed to make the synchronization error asymptotically null. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and fe...

We propose a Bayesian methodology for recommender systems that incorporates user ratings, user features, and item features in a single unified framework. In principle our approach should address the cold-start issue and can address both scalability issues as well as sparse ratings. However, our early experiments have shown mixed results.

In recent years the unconstrained quadratic binary program (UQP) has emerged as a unified framework for modeling and solving a wide variety of combinatorial optimization problems. This tutorial gives an introduction to this evolving area. The methodology is illustrated by several examples and substantial computational experience demonstrating the viability and robustness of the approach.

The Global Unified Parallel File System (GUPFS) project is a five -year project to provide a scalable, high -performance, high -bandwidth, shared file system for the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERS C). This paper presents the GUPFS testbed configuration, our benchmarking methodology, and some preliminary results.