Commitments model important aspects of agent interactions, especially those arising in e-business. A small number of patterns of commitments accommodate a variety of realistic int...
We specify the black box behavior of dataflow components by characterizing the relation between their input and their output histories. We distinguish between three main classes of...
The retrieval process in image database systems is inherently different from the retrieval processin traditional (recordoriented)databasesystems.While thelatter canbe consideredan...
Abstract. In a functional language, the dominant control-flow mechanism is function call and return. Most higher-order flow analyses, including k-CFA, do not handle call and retu...
Data exchange between embedded systems and other small or large computing devices increases. Since data in different data sources may refer to the same real world objects, data ca...