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UML
2000
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
On the Extension of UML with Use Case Maps Concepts
Descriptions of reactive systems focus heavily on behavioral aspects, often in terms of scenarios. To cope with the increasing complexity of services provided by these systems, beh...
Daniel Amyot, Gunter Mussbacher
DAC
1995
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Hierarchical Optimization of Asynchronous Circuits
Abstract— Many asynchronous designs are naturally specified and implemented hierarchically as an interconnection of separate asynchronous modules that operate concurrently and c...
Bill Lin, Gjalt G. de Jong, Tilman Kolks
AUTONOMICS
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Emergent engineering for the management of complex situations
Ubiquitous computing and communication environments connect systems and people in unprecedented ways, but also fundamentally challenge the mindset of traditional systems engineeri...
René Doursat, Mihaela Ulieru
DCAI
2008
13 years 9 months ago
The Intelligent Butler: A Virtual Agent for Disabled and Elderly People Assistance
Abstract. Social assistance constitutes an increasing problem in developed countries, which can be considered from two dimensions: the home and the hospital frameworks. Anyway, mos...
Gabriel Fiol-Roig, Diana Arellano, Francisco J. Pe...
DAGSTUHL
2007
13 years 8 months ago
Norms of Conversation in a Framework for Agent Communication Languages
Abstract. In open and heterogeneous environments offered by the Internet, where agents are designed by different vendors, the development of standards for agent communication nee...
Rodrigo Agerri