The author describes a system for defining conversation policies that allows conversants to exchange explicit representations of how they use messages to get things done. This sy...
We describe a general model for embedding object-oriented constructs into calculi of mobile agents. The model results from extending agents with methods and primitives for message ...
What EDI needs is a good semantics, that is, a workable formal theory of what EDI messages mean. As is widely recognized, the point applies to electronic commerce and to communica...
This paper examines the problem of building scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems from collections of communicating process groups, while maintaining well-defined end-to-en...
Software DSM systems su er from the high communication and coherence-induced overheads that limit performance. This paper introduces our e orts in reducing system overheads of a h...