This paper introduces a reference architecture for developing agent-based systems that preserves core concepts of agenthood while minimizing cumbersome features found in other age...
This paper is an attempt to develop a unifying algebraic framework for extensional theories capturing formally the informal concept of extensionality, as well as a generic automate...
Autonomic Computing is a promising new concept in system development. It aims to (i) increase reliability by designing systems to be self-protecting and self-healing; and (ii) inc...
-- This paper presents three principles for alarm analysis to develop early warnings of failure. The concepts are illustrated with real data and experience drawn from Comverse Voic...
When designing Simula, Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard introduced the basic concepts of what later became known as object-orientation, which still, 35 years later, has a profoun...