A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) is designed for rapid adjustment of production capacity and functionality in response to new market conditions and new process technolo...
Abstract. This paper surveys the state-of-the-art in developing multi-agent systems, and sets out to answer the questions: "what are the key current issues in developing multi...
Rafael H. Bordini, Mehdi Dastani, Michael Winikoff
Services can be characterized as activities in which providers and customers co-create value. The need for a tight collaboration between providers and customers is thus an importa...
This paper, the first in a series of four, presents the conceptual design of a subsystem with integrative function based on a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), named Geographic...
Fernando Maciel Lima e Sousa, Valdevino Siqueira C...
Today, the Web is increasingly used as a platform for distributed services, which transcend organizational boundaries to form federated applications. Consequently, there is a grow...