Prior research has suggested that for widespread adoption to occur, dominant designs are necessary in order to stabilize and diffuse the innovation across organizations. This study explores the possibility of alternative designs, or stable and tenacious forms of implementation, at the presence...

This report surveys literature and research in the field of distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) and provides an overview of computer architectures particularly suited to such research. It concentrates on work to date that has involved the construction of testbeds and development tools for...

As the new generation of multi-core architecture had arrived, efficient multimedia algorithm implementation is needed for dynamic development, implementation and adoption of standardized video coding solutions with flexible and reusable features. The Modifiable Video Coding (MVC) provides a...