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Integrity protection for code-on-demand mobile agents in e-commerce [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The mobile agent paradigm has been proposed as a promising solution to facilitate distributed computing over open and heterogeneous networks. Mobility, autonomy, and intelligence are identified as key features of mobile agent systems and enabling ...
Chan, TK, Guan, SU, Wang, TH
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Research Supervision Management Via A Multi-Agent Framework

open access: yesAdvances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 2014
In this paper, we propose an agent-based framework to enhance, control and manage the research supervision process. The proposed framework consists of three phases which are Research Development Activities, Performance and Completion Measurement, and ...
Omar JASSIM   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring the Pro-Activity of Software Agents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Despite having well-defined characteristics, software agents do not have a developed set of measures defining their quality. Attempts at evaluating software agent quality have focused on some agent aspects, like the development process, whereas others ...
Alonso Amo, Fernando   +2 more
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Oral Metronomic Topotecan Sensitizes Crizotinib Antitumor Activity in ALKF1174L Drug-Resistant Neuroblastoma Preclinical Models

open access: yesTranslational Oncology, 2017
BACKGROUND: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor crizotinib has proven to be effective in the treatment of ALK-mutated neuroblastoma, but crizotinib resistance was commonly observed in patients.
Libo Zhang, Bing Wu, Sylvain Baruchel
doaj   +1 more source

The Application of Artificial Intelligence Models for Food Security: A Review

open access: yesAgriculture, 2023
Emerging technologies associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) have enabled improvements in global food security situations. However, there is a limited understanding regarding the extent to which stakeholders are involved in AI modelling research ...
Rebecca Sarku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Message Passing Strategy for Decentralized Connectivity Maintenance in Agent Removal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In a multi-agent system, agents coordinate to achieve global tasks through local communications. Coordination usually requires sufficient information flow, which is usually depicted by the connectivity of the communication network. In a networked system,
Aksaray, Derya   +3 more
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A principal-agent model of corruption [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
One of the new avenues in the study of political corruption is that of neo-institutional economics, of which the principal-agent theory is a part. In this article a principal-agent model of corruption is presented, in which there are two principals (one ...
Groenendijk, Nico
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Patentability of Biological Material(s) - Essentially, Therapeutic Antibodies - in India

open access: yesSCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society, 2008
Indian patent practice and jurisprudence with respect to biological materials (including antibodies) is relatively new and thus not well-settled and/or uniform, unlike in the USA or Europe.
Swarup Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of a potential Zika vaccine candidate: a case study for Colombia

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2018
Background A number of Zika vaccine platforms are currently being investigated, some of which have entered clinical trials. We sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a potential Zika vaccine candidate under the WHO Vaccine Target Product Profile ...
Affan Shoukat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design of a compact ultra-wideband MIMO antenna

open access: yesThe Journal of Engineering, 2019
A compact ultra-wideband (UWB) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna is presented. The MIMO antenna consists of four monopoles which are printed on FR4 substrate, whose impedance bandwidth is from 2 to 12 GHz, and the isolation of two adjacent ...
Wang Youcheng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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