This paper presents a novel approach to design and develop an assembly and execution shell for multiagent applications based on the concept of a mission. A mission is a live evolv...
Glenn T. Jayaputera, Arkady B. Zaslavsky, Seng Wai...
— The Immune System (IS) constitutes the defence mechanism of higher level organisms to micro organismic threats: it is a real distributed system providing mechanisms of adaptati...
A Grid information system should rely upon two basic features: the replication and dissemination of information about Grid services and resources, and the distribution of such info...
Agostino Forestiero, Carlo Mastroianni, Giandomeni...
: General purpose workflow management systems are often unable to match user requirements of a particular application. In many points of the workflow the user has to take decisions...
Abstract Complex systems call for a hierarchical description. Analogously, the engineering of non-trivial MASs (multiagent systems) requires principles and mechanisms for a multi-l...
Ambra Molesini, Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, ...