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Explorations into the Visualization of Policy Networks (1998)  (Correct)  (4 citations)
Ulrik Brandes, Patrick Kenis, Jörg Raab, Volker Schneider, Dorothea Wagner

 

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Abstract: Visualization is an important aspect of both exploration and communication of categorical as well as relational data. Graphical displays of policy networks are particularly attractive, since they enable authors to display in a compact way relevant actors in a network, how they are related to each other, and what the overall structure looks like. Sociograms were early companions of social network analysis, but have received surprisingly little attention during the following decades. Only in the last few years, easy accessability of quality computing and graphic equipment has revived a now rapidly growing interest. In this paper, we analyze the problem of visualizing policy networks. We first ... (Correct Abstract)

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Ulrik Brandes, Patrick Kenis, Jorg Raab, Volker Schneider, and Dorothea Wagner. Explorations into the visualization of policy networks. Konstanzer Schriften in Mathematik und Informatik 60, University of Konstanz, 1998   More

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@misc{ brandes98explorations,
    author = "U. Brandes and P. Kenis and J. Raab and V. Schneider and D. Wagner",
    title = "Explorations into the visualization of policy networks",
    text = "Ulrik Brandes, Patrick Kenis, Jorg Raab, Volker Schneider, and Dorothea
      Wagner. Explorations into the visualization of policy networks. Konstanzer
      Schriften in Mathematik und Informatik 60, University of Konstanz, 1998",
    year = "1998",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/33483.html"
}
  Filename=explorations-into-the-visualization.pdf
 

Customization and Composition of Distributed Objects: Policy Management in Distributed Software Architectures (1999)  (Correct)  (9 citations)
Mark Christopher Astley

 

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Abstract: Research in software architecture has emphasized compositional development, where the computational aspects of a system are modularly separated from communication and coordination aspects. Typically, software architectures are factored into a set of components, which encapsulate computation, and connectors, which encapsulate interactions. In terms of design, development and debugging, this separation has several important advantages. In particular, by separating application code from the protocols used for interaction, software components may be independently developed and tested. Moreover, as requirements change, existing architectural elements may be modularly replaced by new elements... (Correct Abstract)

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M. Astley and G. Agha. Customization and composition of distributed objects: Middleware abstractions for policy management. In Proceedings of Sixth International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (SIGSOFT '98), November 1998.   More

@inproceedings{ astleycustomization,
    author = "Mark Astley and Gul A. Agha",
    title = "Customization and Composition of Distributed Objects: Middleware Abstractions for Policy Management",
    pages = "1--9",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/astley99customization.html"
filename=astley99customization.pdf

A MetaObject Framework for QoS-Based Distributed Resource Management  (Correct)  
Nalini Venkatasubramanian Carolyn Talcott Gul Agha

 

Abstract: : Systems that provide distributed multimedia services are subject to constant evolution - customizable middleware is required to effectively manage this change. In this paper we present a meta-architectural framework for customizable QoS-based middleware using Actors, a model of concurrent active objects. Middleware services for resource managementexecute concurrently with each other and with application activities--- scheduling, protocols providing security and reliability, load balancing and stream synchronization can therefore potentially interfere with each other. To ensure cost-effective QoS in distributed multimedia systems, safe composability of resource management services is... (Correct Abstract)

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@misc{ carolyn-metaobject,
    author = "Nalini Venkatasubramanian Carolyn",
    title = "A MetaObject Framework for QoS-Based Distributed Resource Management",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/317637.html"
}

filename=a-metaobject-framework-for.pdf (to be printed)

 

Resource Access Control in Systems of Mobile Agents (1998)  (Correct)  (39 citations)
Matthew Hennessy, James Riely

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Abstract: . We describe a typing system for a distributed p-calculus which guarantees that distributed agents cannot access the resources of a system without first being granted the capability to do so. The language studied allows agents to move between distributed locations and to augment their set of capabilities via communication with other agents. The type system is based on the novel notion of a location type, which describes the set of resources available to an agent at a location. Resources are themselves equipped with capabilities, and thus an agent may be given permission to send data along a channel at a particular location without being granted permission to read data along the same... (Correct Abstract)

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M. Hennessy and J. Riely. Resource access control in systems of mobile agents. Technical Report 2/98, University of Sussex, 1998.   More

@inproceedings{ hennessyresource,
    author = "Matthew Hennessy and James Riely",
    title = "Resource Access Control in Systems of Mobile Agents",
    pages = "3--17",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/article/hennessy98resource.html"
}

filename=hennessy98resource.pdf     (not concerned)

 

A Visualization Model for Concurrent Systems (1996)  (Correct)  (4 citations)
Mark Astley and Gul A. Agha Open Systems Laboratory Department of Computer... Information Sciences

 

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Abstract: Concurrent systems maintain a distributed state and thus require coordination and synchronization between components to ensure consistency. To provide a coherent design approach to concurrent systems, recent work has employed an object-based methodology which emphasizes interactions through well-defined interfaces. The Actor model has provided formal reasoning about distributed object systems. Nonetheless, due to the complex interactions among components and the high volume of observable information produced, understanding and reasoning about concurrent algorithms in terms of simple interactions is a difficult task. Coordination patterns, which abstract over simple interactions, are not... (Correct Abstract)

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G. Agha and M. Astley. A visualization model for concurrent systems. International Journal of Information Science, Elsevier, 1996. To appear.   More

@article{ astley96visualization,
    author = "Mark Astley and Gul Agha",
    title = "A Visualization Model for Concurrent Systems",
    journal = "Information Sciences",
    volume = "93",
    number = "1",
    pages = "107-131",
    year = "1996",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/agha96visualization.html"
}
filename=agha96visualization.pdf (to be printed)

 

 
 
Meta-Agent Programs (1998)  (Correct)  (9 citations)
Jürgen Dix, V.S. Subrahmanian, George Pick
Abstract: There are numerous applications where one agent a needs to reason about the beliefs of another agent, as well as about the actions that other agents may take. Eiter, Subrahmanian, and Pick (1998) introduced the concept of an agent program, and provided a language within which the operating principles of an agent could be declaratively encoded on top of imperative data structures. We first introduce certain belief data structures that an agent needs to maintain. Then we introduce the concept of a Meta Agent Program (map), that extends the (Eiter, Subrahmanian, and Pick 1998) framework, so as to allow agents to peform metareasoning. We build a formal semantics for maps, and show how this... (Correct Abstract)
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J. Dix, V. Subrahmanian, and G. Pick. Meta-Agent Programs. Journal of Logic Programming, to appear.   More

@techreport{ dix98metaagent,
    author = "J{\"u}rgen Dix and V. S. Subrahmanian and George Pick",
    title = "{Meta-Agent Programs}",
    number = "21--98",
    address = "Universit{\"a}t Koblenz-Landau, Institut f{\"u}r Informatik, Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz",
    year = "1998",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/80934.html"
}

filename=  meta-agent-programs.pdf

 

Balanced Aspect Ratio Trees and Their Use for Drawing Large Graphs (2000)  (Correct)  (7 citations)
Christian A. Duncan, et al.
Graph Drawing

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Abstract: We describe a new approach for cluster-based drawing of large graphs, which obtains clusters by using binary space partition (BSP) trees. We also introduce a novel BSP-type decomposition, called the balanced aspect ratio (BAR) tree, which guarantees that the cells produced are convex and have bounded aspect ratios. In addition, the tree depth is O(log n), and its construction takes O(n log n) time, where n is the number of points. We show that the BAR tree can be used to recursively divide a graph embedded in the plane into subgraphs of roughly equal size, such that the drawing of each subgraph has a balanced aspect ratio. As a result, we obtain a representation of a graph as a... (Correct Abstract)

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C. A. Duncan, M. T. Goodrich, and S. G. Koboruov, Balanced aspect ratio trees and their use for drawing very large graphs, in Sixth Symposium on Graph Drawing, to be published in 1998.   More

@inproceedings{ duncan98balanced,
    author = "Christian A. Duncan and Michael T. Goodrich and Stephen G. Kobourov",
    title = "Balanced Aspect Ratio Trees and Their Use for Drawing Very Large Graphs",
    booktitle = "Graph Drawing",
    pages = "111-124",
    year = "1998",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/duncan00balanced.html"
}
filename=duncan00balanced.pdf  (printed)

 

Contextual Visualization of Actor Status in Social Networks (1999)  (Correct)  
Ulrik Brandes, Dorothea Wagner

Abstract: We propose a novel information visualization approach for an analytical method applied in the social sciences. In social network analysis, social structures are formally represented as graphs, and structural properties of these graphs are assumed to be useful in the explanation of social phenomena. A particularly important such property is the relative status of actors in a given network. Since operationalizations of status are aggregate indices of vertices, researchers are not only interested in status scores, but also in the context leading to these values, i.e. the underlying social network. We therefore visualize the network in a layered fashion, mapping status scores to... (Correct Abstract)

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@misc{ wagner-contextual,
    author = "Ulrik Brandes, Dorothea Wagner",
    title = "Contextual Visualization of Actor Status in Social Networks",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/brandes99contextual.html"
}
filename=brandes99contextual.pdf ( to be printed)

 

Dynamic Fisheye Views: Combining Dynamic Queries and Mapping with Database View Definition (1996)  (Correct)  (4 citations)
Emanuel G. Noik

Abstract: Dynamic Fisheye Views: Combining Dynamic Queries and Mapping with Database View Definition Doctor of Philosophy, 1996 Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Information (or data) visualization refers to the graphical presentation of information with the aim of providing the viewer with a qualitative understanding of the information contents. Two common graphical methods for depicting multidimensional data are scatterplots (that show relationships among data dimensions) and node-andlink diagrams or graphs (that show relationships among individual data points). One strategy to aid understanding of multidimensional data is to map data dimensions or attributes (e.g.,... (Correct Abstract)

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E.G. Noik. Dynamic Fisheye Views: Combining Dynamic Queries and Mapping with Database Views. PhD thesis, Dept. of Comp. Sci., U. of Toronto, April 1996.   More

Partial BibTeX entry:

@misc{ noik96dynamic,
    author = "E. Noik",
    title = "Dynamic Fisheye Views: Combining Dynamic Queries and Mapping with Database
      Views",
    text = "E.G. Noik. Dynamic Fisheye Views: Combining Dynamic Queries and Mapping
      with Database Views. PhD thesis, Dept. of Comp. Sci., U. of Toronto, April
      1996.",
    year = "1996",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/noik96dynamic.html"
}
filename=noik96dynamic.pdf

Automated As s is tants to Aid Humans in Unders tanding Team Behaviors  (Correct)  
Taylor Raines, Milind Tambe, S tacy Mars e lla Information Sciences Institute ...

Abstract: Multi-agent teamwork is critical in a large number of agent applications, including training, education, virtual enterprises and collective robotics. Tools that can help humans analyze, evaluate, and understand team behaviors are becoming increasingly important as well. We have taken a step towards building such a tool by creating an automated analyst agent called ISAAC for post-hoc, off-line agent-team analysis. ISAAC's novelty stems from a key design constraint that arises in team analysis: multiple types of models of team behavior are necessary to analyze different granularities of team events, including agent actions, interactions, and global performance. These heterogeneous... (Correct Abstract)

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@misc{ milind-automated,
    author = "Taylor Raines Milind",
    title = "Automated As s is tants to Aid Humans in Unders tanding Team Behaviors",
    url = "citeseer.nj.nec.com/316983.html"
}
filename=automated-as-s-is.pdf