—Emergent behavior is an essential feature in multi-agent systems and plays a significant role in the applications of agent technology. Because of the huge gap between individual...
straction of Complex Network Compositions∗ Azer Bestavros, Adam D. Bradley, Assaf J. Kfoury, and Ibrahim Matta Department of Computer Science Boston University The heterogeneity...
Azer Bestavros, Adam Bradley, Assaf J. Kfoury, Ibr...
In this paper we study the fragile base class problem. This problem occurs in open object-oriented systems employing code inheritance as an implementation reuse mechanism. System d...
Software that cannot evolve is condemned to atrophy: it cannot accommodate the constant revision and renegotiation of its business goals nor intercept the potential of new technol...
Ronald Morrison, Graham N. C. Kirby, Dharini Balas...
Internal clock synchronization has been investigated, or employed, for quite a number of years, under the requirement of good upper bounds for the deviation, or accuracy, between ...