In open and dynamic multiagent systems (MASs), agents often need to rely on resources or
services provided by other agents to accomplish their goals. During this process, agents are …

Cloud computing has been attracting huge attention in recent years. More and more
individuals and organizations have been moving their work into cloud environments …

We present an approach to recognition of complex objects in cluttered 3-D scenes that does
not require feature extraction or segmentation. Our object representation comprises …

Due to the diversity and dynamic nature of cloud services, it is usually hard for potential
cloud consumers to select the most suitable cloud service. This paper proposes CCCloud: a …

Modeling trust in complex dynamic environments is an important yet challenging issue since
an intelligent agent may strategically change its behavior to maximize its profits. In thispaper …

As the number of Cloud services is growing at a tremendous speed, there is an increasing
number of service providers offering similar functionalities. Selecting services with user …

In most existing trust evaluation studies, a single value is computed based on the ratings
given to a service provider to indicate the current trust level. This is useful but may not …

Trust is a natural mechanism by which an autonomous party, an agent, can deal with the
inherent uncertainty regarding the behaviours of other parties and the uncertainty in the …

Falls are dangerous among the elderly population and are a major health concern. Many
investigators have reported the use of accelerometers for fall detection. In addition, the use …

Cloud brokers have been recently introduced as an additional computational layer to
facilitate cloud selection and service management tasks for cloud consumers. However …