We explore how fixed-point operators can be designed to interact and be composed to form autonomic control mechanisms. We depart from the idea that an operator is idempotent only ...
Abstract. In Distributed Problem-solving (DPS) systems a group of purposefully designed computational agents interact and co-ordinate their activities so as to jointly achieve a gl...
We propose a complete design for a scope limited, multihop broadcast middleware, which is adapted to the variability of the ad-hoc environment and works in unlimited ad-hoc networ...
Alaeddine El Fawal, Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Kav&eacut...
This paper maintains that for an access-control mechanism to support a wide range of policies, it is best to dispense with any built-in semantics for roles in the mechanism itself...