As a framework evolves, changes in its Application Programming Interface (API) can break client programs that extend the framework. Repairing a client program can be a challenging...
Tool environments supporting the development of complex products need to be open and flexible. These requirements cannot be fulfilled in an adequate way by predefined coordinat...
We describe our effort to evaluate the syntax and constraints of Promise Theory using a tool developed in the Maude framework. Through the development of a Maude module we are able...
When an agent enters in an e-Market for the first time, it has no historical information that can be used to determine the strength of business relationship with participant agen...
Previous work has addressed the development of a framework to categorise and understand agent-based systems. It described and formalised an agent-hierarchy that included objects, ...