In this paper coherence-based models are proposed as an alternative to logic-based BDI and argumentation models for the reasoning of normative agents. A model is provided for how t...
Abstract—In this paper, a software architecture and knowledge representation scheme that enables the combination and reconfiguration of modular sensor and actuator components is...
Embedded systems must interact with their real-time environment in a timely and dependable fashion. Most embeddedsystems architectures and design processes consider “nonfunction...
New hardware platforms, e.g. cloud, multi-core, etc., have led to a reconsideration of database system architecture. Our Deuteronomy project separates transactional functionality ...
David B. Lomet, Kostas Tzoumas, Michael J. Zwillin...
Multi-agent systems where the agents are developed by parties with competing interests, and where there is no access to an agent's internal state, are often classified as `ope...