A critical issue for complex component-based systems design is the modeling and analysis of architecture. One of the complicating factors in developing architectural models is acc...
ing Dependencies between Software Configuration Items CARL A. GUNTER University of Pennsylvania icle studies an abstract model of dependencies between software configuration items ...
: Spatial data types or algebras for database systems should (i) be fully general (which means, closed under set operations, hence e.g. a region value can be a set of polygons with...
From a multiagent viewpoint, a workflow is a dynamic set of tasks performed by a set of agents to reach a shared goal. We show herein that commitments among agents can be used to ...
A session takes place between two parties; after establishing a connection, each party interleaves local computations and communications (sending or receiving) with the other. Ses...