Abstract. This paper reports on the improved and multiple linear cryptanalysis of reduced round Serpent by mean of a branch-and-bound characteristic search within the algorithm. We...
Increasingly, computer software must adapt dynamically to changing conditions. The correctness of adaptation cannot be rigorously addressed without precisely specifying the require...
Ji Zhang, Zhinan Zhou, Betty H. C. Cheng, Philip K...
In this paper we evolve a rule based approach to SLA representation and management which allows separating the contractual business logic from the application logic and enables aut...
In this paper we investigate nonmonotonic `modes of inference'. Our approach uses modal (conditional) logic to establish a uniform framework in which to study nonmonotonic co...
This paper provides a logical framework of negotiating agents who have capabilities of evaluating and building proposals. Given a proposal, an agent decides whether it is acceptabl...