This paper presents a middleware system for multi-agents on a distributed system as a general test-bed for bio-inspired approaches. The middleware is unique to other approaches, including distributed object systems, because it can maintain and migrate a dynamic federation of multiple agents on different computers. It enables each agent to explicitly define its own deployment policy as a relocat...

Since youth transitions have been redefi ned as fl exible periods of change, it becomes diffi cult to conceptually distinguish them from any other transition period in people’s life. Transitions are here defi ned as involving three types of interdependent processes (social relocation, knowledge construction and meaning-making). From a cultural psychological perspective, youth transitions can be...

We study location choices and firm performance in the German machine tool industry, focusing on the forced migration of East German firms after World War II. Our analysis of location choices supports earlier findings that industry agglomerations attract further entrants. Relocating firms outperformed entrants that possessed no prior industry experience; apparently were able to build on their pr...

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the problem, a relocation protocol by an object reloMobile Cache Protocol (MCP) was proposed as a relocation protocol of a replicated object i n a widely distributed object system. MCP has four basic features; relocating a replicated object, 2 optimistic update methods, object reservation and object sharing. To calculate relocation funct ion, M C P uses processing t ime of the object at a candi...

INTRODUCTION Australia's National Mental Health Strategy's statement of rights and responsibilities states that children and adolescents admitted to a mental health facility or community program have the right to be separated from adult patients and provided with programs suited to their developmental needs. However, in rural Australia, where a lack of healthcare services, financial constraints...

In parallelizing compilers on distributed memory systems, distributions of irregular sized array blocks are provided for load balancing and irregular problems. The irregular data redistribution is different from the regular block-cyclic redistribution. This paper is devoted to scheduling message for irregular data redistribution that attempt to obtain suboptimal solutions while satisfying the m...

Construction projects often involve complex underground utility networks that need to be relocated before the construction commences. It is often difficult to recognize the key stakeholders and manage the expectations, or even prioritize resource allocation among the stakeholders during such project. Therefore, practical investigation and interviews with experts are conducted to define the 25 k...

This study explored how individuals categorized on handedness (being left or right hand dominant) reacted to having the vertical scroll bar of a web browser relocated to the left side of the screen. The relocation of the vertical scroll bar served as an alternative to the relocation of the prominent left aligned main navigation menu for most websites. Fifteen participants were recruited for the...