Performance critical services over Internet often rely on geographically distributed architectures of replicated servers. Content Delivery Networks (CDN) are a typical example whe...
: ExtraPlanT system is a multi-agent production planning system designed for small factories, which needs to react quickly on market changes. To deal with this requirement, ExtraPl...
We present an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of function and object based models in system specification. Functional models should be used for functional design space expl...
: The idea of developing software through systematic development processes to improve software quality is not new. Nevertheless, there are still many information systems such as th...
This paper proposes an emotion model for life-like agents with emotions and motivations. This model consists of reactive and deliberative mechanisms. The former generates low-leve...