Background: For ecological studies, it is crucial to count on adequate descriptions of the environments and samples being studied. Such a description must be done in terms of thei...
Abstract-- Pervasive Computing refers to a seamless and invisible computing environment which provides dynamic, proactive and context-aware services to the user by acquiring contex...
Hybrid systems like computer-controlled chemical plants are typical safety critical distributed systems. In present practice, the safety of hybrid systems is guaranteed by hazard ...
Agents (hardware or software) that act autonomously in an environment have to be able to integrate three basic behaviors: planning, execution, and learning. This integration is man...
Abstract. Configuration is the process of composing a system from a set of components such that the system fulfills a set of desired demands. The configuration process relies on a ...