In this paper we propose a behavioural model, namely the Extended Modal Labeled Transition Systems, as a basis for the formalization of the different notions of variability usuall...
Schema statements in OWL are interpreted quite differently from analogous statements in relational databases. If these statements are meant to be interpreted as integrity constrai...
The correctness of the Z semantics of OWL is the theoretical foundation of using software engineering techniques to verify Web ontologies. As OWL and Z are based on different logi...
In this paper we propose a formalism for symbolic negotiation. We regard symbolic negotiation as cooperative problem solving (CPS), which is based on symbolic reasoning and is ext...
Distributed logic programming languages, that allow both facts and programs to be distributed among different nodes in a network, have been recently proposed and used to declarati...
Vivek Nigam, Limin Jia, Boon Thau Loo, Andre Scedr...