009), which constitutes an abstraction of the various aspects of a MAS, generalizing the AGR approach and incorporating the institutional work of Searle (Searle 1995). This model i...
This paper describes a method that accelerates pattern matching. The distance between a pattern and a window is usually close to the distance of the pattern to the adjacement windo...
This paper reviews the model of interactive Markov chains (IMCs, for short), an extension of labelled transition systems with exponentially delayed transitions. We show that IMCs a...
Distributed systems are inherently complex, and therefore difficult to design and develop. Experience shows that new technologies—such as components, aspects, and application f...
Transaction-level modelling (TLM) is a poorlyterm, promising a level of abstraction like RTL (register transfer level), where the key feature is a `transaction'. But unlike r...