Dynamic Movement Primitives (DMPs) is a framework for learning point-to-point trajectory from demonstration. Despite being widely used, DMPs still present some shortcomings that may limit their usage in real robotic applications. Firstly, at the state of art, mainly Gaussian basis functions have been used to perform function approximation. Secondly, adaptation generated by DMP heavily depends o...

The need to curb the rising costs of health care has led policy-makers in many countries to consider widespread generic substitution of brand-name drugs as an eff ective means to cut costs. For example, on January 5, 2010, the NHS in England began a 3-month consultation to seek views on plans to automatically substitute branded drugs with generic versions in primary care. However, doctors, pati...

In recent years, the variational inequality framework has been recognized as a powerful modelling tool in operations research and economics, whenever equilibrium relationships among several agents occur. This interest has prompted researchers to develop eecient algorithms for solving variational inequalities in nite dimensional spaces. In this presentation we will try to assess the advantages a...

† Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, SUNY ‡ Department of Computer Science, Canisius College Abstract  Educators wishing to use e-learning materials must choose between homegrown solutions and off-the-shelf materials. Each choice has distinct benefits and drawbacks. Handcrafted materials are often expensive to develop and maintain, yet their content will lik...

We analyze how to use the reflective approach to integrate an authorization system into a distributed object-oriented framework. The expected benefits from the reflective approach are: more stability of the security layer (i.e., with a more limited number of hidden bugs), better software and development modularity, more reusability, and the possibility to adapt the security module with at most ...

Sequential first-price auctions for multiple objects are very common in procurement, electricity, tobacco, timber, and oil lease markets. In this paper we identify two ways in which a sequential format may facilitate collusion among bidders relative to a simultaneous one. The first effect relates to the cartel’s ability to identify and punish defectors within the sequence, thus lowering the gai...