We develop a formal model of planning based on satisfiability rather than deduction. The satis ability approach not only provides a more flexible framework for stating di erent kinds of constraints on plans, but also more accurately reflects the theory behind modern constraint-based planning

#erential or di#erence equation, the forward and backward shift operator, the Rodrigues-type formula and generating functions of all classes of orthogonal polynomials in this scheme. In chapter 2 we give the limit relations between di#erent classes of orthogonal polynomials listed in the Askey-scheme. In chapter

(bidirectional re ectance distribution function). We simultaneously measure the BTF and BRDF of over 60 di erent rough surfaces, each observed with over 200 di erent combinations of viewing and illumination direction. The resulting BTF database is comprised of over 12,000 image textures. To enable convenient use

on the computational complexity of the techniques since it is an important issue in real application domains. We hope that this survey will provide a better understanding of the di®erent directions in which research has been done on this topic, and how techniques developed in one area can be applied in domains

) show positive results on modestly sized datasets. The case of contiguous subsequences is also considered for comparison with the subsequences kernel with di erent decay factors. For larger documents and datasets the paper introduces an approximation technique that is shown to deliver good

characteristics of large scale computational uid dynamics applications. The principal distinguishing feature of these benchmarks is their \pencil and paper " speci cation | all details of these benchmarks are speci ed only algorithmically. In this way many of the di culties associated with conventional

determination, where the dimensionality of the parameter vector is typically not xed. This article proposes a new framework for the construction of reversible Markov chain samplers that jump between parameter subspaces of di ering dimensionality, which is exible and entirely constructive. It should therefore

, economics, linguistics, and psychology. A key insight of the framework presented here is that coordination can be seen as the process of managing dependencies among activities. Further progress, therefore, should be possible by characterizing different kinds of dependencies and identifying the coordination

This book presents a unified treatment of many different kinds of planning algorithms. The subject lies at the crossroads between robotics, control theory, artificial intelligence, algorithms, and computer graphics. The particular subjects covered include motion planning, discrete planning

The rising abuse of computers and increasing threat to personal privacy through data banks have stimulated much interest m the techmcal safeguards for data. There are four kinds of safeguards, each related to but distract from the others. Access controls regulate which users may enter the system