Multi-agent systems (MASs), comprised of autonomous entities with the aim to cooperate to reach a common goal, may be viewed as computational models of distributed complex systems ...
Abstract - We discuss the impact of locally implemented behaviour on global behaviour specification in a federation of object-oriented databases. In particular, given a specificati...
Abstract. Software engineering describes a system at different levels of abstraction. Agent-oriented software engineering introduces a new level, called the agent level, to allow t...
As software projects evolve, possibly differing in size, complexity, scope, and purpose, the development processes that support the project must evolve to reflect these changes. T...
Arthur S. Hitomi, Gregory Alan Bolcer, Richard N. ...
Model refinement is a complex task. It is difficult for developers to refine models all by themselves. A good modeling tool should not only do routine refinement work for develope...