In this paper we present a novel approach to assigning roles to robots in a team of physical heterogeneous robots. Its members compete for these roles and get rewards for them. The rewards are used to determine each agent’s preferences…

The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00678.x/abstract, To evaluate the effects of a customised manipulation of spherical aberration (SA) on the high and low contrast visual acuities and contrast sensitivity of young adult myopes.

This is a pre-print of the main article., Few studies address the daily challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This article reports on a qualitative interview study with 20 parents exploring their experiences, challenges faced,…

Données originales publiées dans l'article: Rivest, F, Kalaska, J.F., Bengio, Y. (2009) Alternative time representation in dopamine models. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. doi:10.1007/s10827-009-0191-1, Groupe de recherche sur le système nerveux central, Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle, Département de physiologie.,…

In this paper, a novel model for monolingual Information Retrieval in English and Spanish language is proposed. This model uses Natural Language Processing techniques (a POS-tagger, a Partial Parser, and an Anaphora Resolver) in order to improve the precision of…

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Writing is a mysterious thing. It poses a unique problem set. There are awful barren days and agonising troughs when nothing flows. Where despite careful marshalling of evidence or anecdote, the words and necessary vigour, muscle and rhythm of prose…

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We propose a two step method which enables us to obtain transmission Holographic Optical Elements of high diffraction efficiency as well as a good signal-to-noise relation. By means of a device using partially coherent light, a master Holographic Optical Element…

The present paper aims to determine the level of implementation of innovations in Spanish local government as well as to identify which types of innovations are most common. The paper also considers the link between innovative behavior and organizational size.…