@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2012, author = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard}, title = {Caesar: an intelligent domestic service robot}, series = {Intelligent service robotics}, volume = {5}, journal = {Intelligent service robotics}, number = {4}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin}, issn = {1861-2776}, doi = {10.1007/s11370-012-0118-y}, pages = {259 -- 276}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In this paper we present CAESAR, an intelligent domestic service robot. In domestic settings for service robots complex tasks have to be accomplished. Those tasks benefit from deliberation, from robust action execution and from flexible methods for human-robot interaction that account for qualitative notions used in natural language as well as human fallibility. Our robot CAESAR deploys AI techniques on several levels of its system architecture. On the low-level side, system modules for localization or navigation make, for instance, use of path-planning methods, heuristic search, and Bayesian filters. For face recognition and human-machine interaction, random trees and well-known methods from natural language processing are deployed. For deliberation, we use the robot programming and plan language READYLOG, which was developed for the high-level control of agents and robots; it allows combining programming the behaviour using planning to find a course of action. READYLOG is a variant of the robot programming language Golog. We extended READYLOG to be able to cope with qualitative notions of space frequently used by humans, such as "near" and "far". This facilitates human-robot interaction by bridging the gap between human natural language and the numerical values needed by the robot. Further, we use READYLOG to increase the flexible interpretation of human commands with decision-theoretic planning. We give an overview of the different methods deployed in CAESAR and show the applicability of a system equipped with these AI techniques in domestic service robotics}, language = {en} } @article{Frings2012, author = {Frings, Michael}, title = {Verbesserter Schutz vor Kostenfallen im elektronischen Gesch{\"a}ftsverkehr („Buttonl{\"o}sung") : Erster Schritt zur Umsetzung der neuen EU-Verbraucherrechterichtlinie}, series = {NWB : NWB-Steuer- und Wirtschaftsrecht}, volume = {2012}, journal = {NWB : NWB-Steuer- und Wirtschaftsrecht}, number = {23}, publisher = {NWB-Verlag}, address = {Herne}, issn = {0028-3460}, pages = {1912 -- 1918}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Der Deutsche Bundestag und Bundesrat haben am 2.3.2012 bzw. 30.3.2012 das Gesetz gegen Kostenfallen im Internet verabschiedet, das am 1.8.2012 in Kraft treten wird. Hiermit hat der deutsche Gesetzgeber einen ersten Schritt getan, um die neue EU-Verbraucherrechterichtlinie vom 25.10.2011 (2011/83/EU, ABl L 304/64) in nationales Recht umzusetzen. Mit dieser Umsetzung ist das dr{\"a}ngendste Problem der Kosten- und Abo-Fallen im elektronischen Gesch{\"a}ftsverkehr aus dem Gesamtpaket der Verbraucherrechterichtlinie herausgel{\"o}st und in dem neugefassten \S 312g BGB behandelt worden. Eile bei der Umsetzung war hier geboten, weil unseri{\"o}se Unternehmen im elektronischen Rechtsverkehr zunehmend und in großem Umfang gegen{\"u}ber ihren Kunden durch irref{\"u}hrende Gestaltungen ihrer Internetseiten verschleiern, dass die angebotenen Leistungen entgeltpflichtig sind.}, language = {de} } @book{Grotendorst2012, author = {Grotendorst, Johannes}, title = {Hierarchical methods for dynamics in complex molecular systems : IAS Winter School, 5 - 9 March 2012, Forschungszentrum J{\"u}lich GmbH ; lecture notes / ed. by Johannes Grotendorst, Godehard Sutmann, Gerhard Gompper, Dominik Marx}, publisher = {Forschungszentrum J{\"u}lich}, address = {J{\"u}lich}, isbn = {978-3-89336-768-9}, pages = {VI, 540 S. zahlr. Ill. u. graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @article{GutheilBergGrotendorst2012, author = {Gutheil, Inge and Berg, Tommy and Grotendorst, Johannes}, title = {Performance Analysis of Parallel Eigensolvers of two Libraries on BlueGene/P}, series = {Journal of Mathematics and Systems Science}, volume = {2}, journal = {Journal of Mathematics and Systems Science}, number = {4}, publisher = {David Publishing}, address = {Libertyville}, issn = {2159-5291}, doi = {10.17265/2159-5291/2012.04.003}, pages = {231 -- 236}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Many applications in computational science and engineering require the computation of eigenvalues and vectors of dense symmetric or Hermitian matrices. For example, in DFT (density functional theory) calculations on modern supercomputers 10\% to 30\% of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of huge dense matrices have to be calculated. Therefore, performance and parallel scaling of the used eigensolvers is of upmost interest. In this article different routines of the linear algebra packages ScaLAPACK and Elemental for parallel solution of the symmetric eigenvalue problem are compared concerning their performance on the BlueGene/P supercomputer. Parameters for performance optimization are adjusted for the different data distribution methods used in the two libraries. It is found that for all test cases the new library Elemental which uses a two-dimensional element by element distribution of the matrices to the processors shows better performance than the old ScaLAPACK library which uses a block-cyclic distribution.}, language = {en} } @article{Grotendorst2012, author = {Grotendorst, Johannes}, title = {Supercomputer programmieren - ein besonderes Studienangebot in J{\"u}lich}, series = {Junge Wissenschaft. 27 (2012), H. 94}, journal = {Junge Wissenschaft. 27 (2012), H. 94}, publisher = {-}, isbn = {0179-8529}, pages = {12 -- 14}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @article{Grotendorst2012, author = {Grotendorst, Johannes}, title = {IAS Winter School: Hierarchical Methods for Dynamics in Complex Molecular Systems}, series = {Innovatives Supercomputing in Deutschland : inSiDE. 10 (2012), H. 1}, journal = {Innovatives Supercomputing in Deutschland : inSiDE. 10 (2012), H. 1}, publisher = {-}, pages = {104}, year = {2012}, language = {en} } @book{Timme2012, author = {Timme, Michael}, title = {HGB Crashkurs : der sichere Weg durch die Pr{\"u}fung ; [Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht]}, publisher = {Beck}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {978-3-406-63679-0}, pages = {127 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{Timme2012, author = {Timme, Michael}, title = {BGB Crashkurs : der sichere Weg durch die Pr{\"u}fung ; [Fall f{\"u}r Fall durch das Privatrecht]. - 2. Aufl.}, publisher = {Beck}, address = {M{\"u}nchen}, isbn = {978-3-406-63681-3}, pages = {160 S.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{Uibel2012, author = {Uibel, Thomas}, title = {Spaltverhalten von Holz beim Eindrehen von selbstbohrenden Holzschrauben}, publisher = {KIT Scientific Publishing}, address = {Karlsruhe}, isbn = {978-3-86644-835-3}, pages = {290 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} } @book{BlassUibel2012, author = {Blaß, Hans Joachim and Uibel, Thomas}, title = {Spaltversagen von Holz in mehrreihigen Verbindungen : Erweiterung des Rechen-modells f{\"u}r die Rissbildung beim Eindrehen von Holzschrauben}, publisher = {KIT Scientific Publishing}, address = {Karlsruhe}, isbn = {978-3-86644-852-0}, pages = {VIII, 166 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.}, year = {2012}, language = {de} }