This report presents an approach to solve Sam Loyd?s famous 15-puzzle. The 15 or sliding puzzle is traditionally represented as a 4 * 4 board with tiles numbered from 1 to 15 arranged in numerical order from top left to ...

In this dissertation a Web cluster architecture is designed, implemented and evaluated. We believe that the use of COTS hardware and integrated front end and back end software better scalability and flexibility can be ...

Ensemble learning constitutes one of the main directions in machine learning and data mining. Ensembles allow us to achieve higher accuracy, which is often not achievable with single models. One technique, which proved to ...

The increasing use of devices such as connected palmtops and internet appliances has led to a need for web site designers to accommodate a wider range of client platforms and capabilities. Several approaches for transparently ...

Teaching and learning about distributed algorithms is difficult. This is because distributed algorithms are made up of multiple independent elements, each with their own state and control, who interact through the exchange ...

This paper describes the development of a networked music application at Trinity College Dublin. Smart Radio is a web based client-server application which uses streaming audio technology and collaborative recommendation ...

Recent years has seen a dramatic rise in the number of mobile devices in use. These devices include PDAs, mobile phones and embedded devices such as those found in cars for satellite tracking. As the use of these devices ...

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are very popular as classification or regression mechanisms in medical decision support systems despite the fact that they are unstable predictors. This instability means that small ...

Storytelling in computer games has become a major selling point for new titles. With new games integrating compelling storylines with simulated worlds, there is increasingly a standard set of techniques used to tell a ...