Dear Editor,The distributed constraint optimization problems(DCOPs) [1]-[3]provide an efficient model for solving the cooperative problems of multi-agent systems, which has been successfully applied to model the real-...
Dear Editor,The distributed constraint optimization problems(DCOPs) [1]-[3]provide an efficient model for solving the cooperative problems of multi-agent systems, which has been successfully applied to model the real-world problems like the distributed scheduling [4], sensor network management [5], [6], multi-robot coordination [7], and smart grid [8]. However, DCOPs were not well suited to solve the problems with continuous variables and constraint cost in functional form, such as the target tracking sensor orientation [9], the air and ground cooperative surveillance [10], and the sensor network coverage [11].
Artificial intelligence will play an imperative role in meeting the challenges posed by the fourth industrial revolution. This paper discusses how artificial intelligence can be incorporated into engineering and compu...
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Electronic auctions(e-auctions)remove the physical limitations of traditional auctions and bring this mechanism to the general ***,most e-auction schemes involve a trusted auctioneer,which is not always credible in **...
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Electronic auctions(e-auctions)remove the physical limitations of traditional auctions and bring this mechanism to the general ***,most e-auction schemes involve a trusted auctioneer,which is not always credible in *** studies have applied cryptography tools to solve this problem by distributing trust,but they ignore the existence of *** this paper,a blockchain-based Privacy-Preserving and Collusion-Resistant scheme(PPCR)for double auctions is proposed by employing both cryptography and blockchain technology,which is the first decentralized and collusion-resistant double auction scheme that guarantees bidder anonymity and bid privacy.A two-server-based auction framework is designed to support off-chain allocation with privacy preservation and on-chain dispute resolution for collusion resistance.A Dispute Resolution agreement(DR)is provided to the auctioneer to prove that they have conducted the auction correctly and the result is fair and *** addition,a Concise Dispute Resolution protocol(CDR)is designed to handle situations where the number of accused winners is small,significantly reducing the computation cost of dispute *** experimental results confirm that PPCR can indeed achieve efficient collusion resistance and verifiability of auction results with low on-chain and off-chain computational overhead.
Partial-label learning(PLL) is a typical problem of weakly supervised learning, where each training instance is annotated with a set of candidate labels. Self-training PLL models achieve state-of-the-art performance b...
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Partial-label learning(PLL) is a typical problem of weakly supervised learning, where each training instance is annotated with a set of candidate labels. Self-training PLL models achieve state-of-the-art performance but suffer from error accumulation problems caused by mistakenly disambiguated instances. Although co-training can alleviate this issue by training two networks simultaneously and allowing them to interact with each other, most existing co-training methods train two structurally identical networks with the same task, i.e., are symmetric, rendering it insufficient for them to correct each other due to their similar limitations. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an asymmetric dual-task co-training PLL model called AsyCo,which forces its two networks, i.e., a disambiguation network and an auxiliary network, to learn from different views explicitly by optimizing distinct tasks. Specifically, the disambiguation network is trained with a self-training PLL task to learn label confidence, while the auxiliary network is trained in a supervised learning paradigm to learn from the noisy pairwise similarity labels that are constructed according to the learned label confidence. Finally, the error accumulation problem is mitigated via information distillation and confidence refinement. Extensive experiments on both uniform and instance-dependent partially labeled datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of AsyCo.
The demand for computing and computing power is increasing at a rapid pace. With this demand, the ability to develop, enhance and maintain software is a top priority, Educating students to do competent work in softwar...
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With the popularity of the Internet of Vehicles(IoV), a large amount of data is being generated every day. How to securely share data between the IoV operator and various value-added service providers becomes one of t...
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With the popularity of the Internet of Vehicles(IoV), a large amount of data is being generated every day. How to securely share data between the IoV operator and various value-added service providers becomes one of the critical issues. Due to its flexible and efficient fine-grained access control feature, Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption(CP-ABE) is suitable for data sharing in IoV. However, there are many flaws in most existing CP-ABE schemes, such as attribute privacy leakage and key misuse. This paper proposes a Traceable and Revocable CP-ABE-based Data Sharing with Partially hidden policy for IoV(TRE-DSP). A partially hidden access structure is adopted to hide sensitive user attribute values, and attribute categories are sent along with the ciphertext to effectively avoid privacy exposure. In addition, key tracking and malicious user revocation are introduced with broadcast encryption to prevent key misuse. Since the main computation task is outsourced to the cloud, the burden of the user side is relatively low. Analysis of security and performance demonstrates that TRE-DSP is more secure and practical for data sharing in IoV.
Anomaly traffic detection offers essential technical support for securing Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) networks. The emerging Large Model (LM) has attracted much attention for their excellent data generation and proces...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) integrates diverse devices into the Internet infrastructure, including sensors, meters, and wearable devices. Designing efficient IoT networks with these heterogeneous devices requires the...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) integrates diverse devices into the Internet infrastructure, including sensors, meters, and wearable devices. Designing efficient IoT networks with these heterogeneous devices requires the selection of appropriate routing protocols, which is crucial for maintaining high Quality of Service (QoS). The Internet engineering Task Force’s Routing Over Low Power and Lossy Networks (IETF ROLL) working group developed the IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) to meet these needs. While the initial RPL standard focused on single-metric route selection, ongoing research explores enhancing RPL by incorporating multiple routing metrics and developing new Objective Functions (OFs). This paper introduces a novel Objective Function (OF), the Reliable and Secure Objective Function (RSOF), designed to enhance the reliability and trustworthiness of parent selection at both the node and link levels within IoT and RPL routing protocols. The RSOF employs an adaptive parent node selection mechanism that incorporates multiple metrics, including Residual Energy (RE), Expected Transmission Count (ETX), Extended RPL Node Trustworthiness (ERNT), and a novel metric that measures node failure rate (NFR). In this mechanism, nodes with a high NFR are excluded from the parent selection process to improve network reliability and stability. The proposed RSOF was evaluated using random and grid topologies in the Cooja Simulator, with tests conducted across small, medium, and large-scale networks to examine the impact of varying node densities. The simulation results indicate a significant improvement in network performance, particularly in terms of average latency, packet acknowledgment ratio (PAR), packet delivery ratio (PDR), and Control Message Overhead (CMO), compared to the standard Minimum Rank with Hysteresis Objective Function (MRHOF).
Named in-network computing service (NICS) is a potential computing paradigm emerged recently. Benefitted from the characteristics of named addressing and routing, NICS can be flexibly deployed on NDN router side and p...
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Cancer remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide, with early detection and accurate diagnosis critical to improving patient outcomes. While computer-aided diagnosis systems powered by deep learning have shown con...
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