We show that CSMA is able to spontaneously synchronize transmissions in a wireless network with constant-size packets, and that this property can be used to devise efficient synch...
To develop agent-based systems, one needs a methodology that supports the development process as common in other disciplines. In recent years, several such methodologies and model...
Most foundational models for global computing have focused on the spatial dimension of computations, however global computing requires also new ways of thinking about the temporal ...
Gian Luigi Ferrari, Eugenio Moggi, Rosario Puglies...
As evidenced by the popularity of MPI (Message Passing Interface), message passing is an effective programming technique for managing coarse-grained concurrency on distributed com...
Abstract. Any formalmethodor tool is almostcertainlymoreoftenapplied in situationswheretheoutcomeis failure(acounterexample)rather than success (a correctness proof). We present a ...
Luca de Alfaro, Thomas A. Henzinger, Freddy Y. C. ...