Qualitative spatial reasoning is usually performed using spatial calculi specially designed to represent certain aspects of spatial knowledge. However most calculi must be adapted for use in applications where additional constraints are at play. This paper combines the DRA and CYC algebras into a new calculus for reasoning within network structures. In the process we prove some interesting resu...

Automated control and safety systems that help a plant return to normal operating conditions when abnormal events occur are prevalent in modern chemical plants. The databases associated with these systems contain a wealth of information about near-miss occurrences that, if subjected to frequent statistical analysis, can provide metrics to predict and ideally prevent accidents. Such analysis is ...

Microservices have gained acceptance in software industries as an emerging architectural style for autonomic, scalable, and more reliable computing. Among the critical microservice architecture design decisions is when to adapt granularity of a by merging/decomposing microservices. No existing work investigates following question: How can we reason about trade-off between predicted benefits cos...

In this paper we introduce Efficient Dynamic Batch Adaptation (EDBA), which improves on a previous method that works by adjusting the composition and size of current batch. Our improvements allow for to feasibly scale up bigger models datasets, drastically improving model convergence generalization. We show how is still able perform especially well in data-scarce scenarios, managing obtain test...

A stability criterion for dynamic parameter adaptation is given. In the case of the learning rate of backpropagation, a class of stable algorithms is presented and studied, including a convergence proof.

ieee 802.11e standard is proposed to support quality of service (qos) in wireless local area networks (wlans). the distributed access method of 802.11e, enhanced distributed channel access (edca), prioritizes traffic generated by delay-sensitive applications by increasing probability to access medium for this type of traffic. edca resets the contention window (cw) of mobile stations to a minimu...

Component-based systems are mostly composed out of existing artifacts. Missing pieces are newly developed. Interoperability between the existing artifacts is usually not given. The newly developed artifacts should be well reusable in future developments. The resulting systems should be easily evolvable. In component-based systems, a key to solve the problems and meet the requirements is by prov...