Abstract. We describe a mechanism based on distributed Event-ConditionAction (ECA) rules that supports data coordination in a multidatabase setting. The proposed mechanism includes...
Abstract. The Abstract State Machines (ASM) methodology is a methodology for formally specifying computing systems. We use the ASM methodology to give the dynamic semantics of the ...
An agent may decide to delegate tasks to others. The act of delegating a task by one autonomous agent to another can be carried out by the performance of one or more imperative com...
The SLam calculus is a typed -calculus that maintains security information as well as type information. The type system propagates security information for each object in four for...
This paper presents Whizz, a system for building animated interactive applications. We describe its musical metaphor, and its underlying model based on streams and events. We anal...