In this paper we present a layered architecture for modeling workflows in Mobile Ad-Hoc NETworks (manets) using algebraic higher order nets (aho nets). manets are networks of mobile devices that communicate with each other via wireless links without relying on an underlying infrastructure, e.g. in emergency scenarios, where an effective coordination is crucial among team members, each of them e...

This research addresses the problem of achieving fault tolerant cooperation within smallto medium-sized teams of heterogeneous mobile robots. We describe a novel behavior-based, fully distributed architecture, called ALLIANCE, that utilizes adaptive action selection to achieve fault tolerant cooperative control in robot missions involving loosely coupled tasks. The robots in this architecture p...

This research addresses the problem of achieving fault tolerant cooperation within smallto medium-sized teams of heterogeneous mobile robots. We describe a novel behaviorbased, fully distributed architecture, called ALLIANCE, that utilizes adaptive action selection to achieve fault tolerant cooperative control in robot missions involving loosely coupled, largely independent tasks. The robots in...

The advent of mobile LINACs for use in intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) promises to make IORT more accessible than before and easier to deliver to patients undergoing surgery. Although mobile IORT systems have been available since 1999, few treatment centers currently use them. Here, we present the case of a typical patient undergoing IORT for retroperitoneal sarcoma to show how easy the...

This paper presents two new ideas for text dependent mispronunciation detection. Firstly, mispronunciation detection is formulated as a classification problem to integrate various predictive features. A Support Vector Machine (SVM) is used as the classifier and the loglikelihood ratios between all the acoustic models and the model corresponding to the given text are employed as features for the...

Mobile information and communication technologies (m-ICT) are increasingly prevalent in today’s organizations and in people’s personal lives more generally. A wide range of devices are used: mobile phones of varying capabilities, PDAs, Blackberries, laptops and tablet computers as well as application specific devices (e.g. the ruggedized devices used by UPS and FedEx delivery personnel). These ...