The notion of a D-ring, generalizing that of a differential or a difference ring, is introduced. Quantifier elimination and a version of the AxKochen-Ershov principle is proven for...
Abstract. The collaboration between two intelligent agents can be greatly enhanced if a third agent, who has some understanding of the communication between the first two, interve...
In this paper we investigate two related aspects of the formalization of open interaction systems: how to specify norms, and how to enforce them by means of sanctions. The problem...
Abstract. Conceptual models are formal descriptions of application domains that are used in early stages of system development to support requirements analysis. The Unified Modeli...
The importance of re-usable Intellectual Properties (IPs) cores is increasing due to the growing complexity of today's system-on-chip and the need for rapid prototyping. In th...