In agent theory and agent programming, goals constitute the motivational attitude of rational agents and form the key concept in explaining and generating their pro-active behavior...
Nick A. M. Tinnemeier, Mehdi Dastani, John-Jules C...
The tendency for Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) to have a wide-ranging impact on a software system, and the strong interdependencies and tradeoffs that exist between NFRs and ...
Java has integrated multithreading to a far greater extent than most programming languages. It is also one of the only languages that specifies and requires safety guarantees for...
Computer malwares (e.g., botnets, rootkits, spware) are one of the most serious threats to all computers and networks. Most malwares conduct their malicious actions via hijacking t...
This paper introduces the use of static information flow analysis for the specification and enforcement of end-toend availability policies in programs. We generalize the decentr...