Because they are required to support component deployment and composition, modern execution environments embody a number of common features such as dynamic linking and support for ...
The extensibility, flexibility, expressiveness, and platform-neutrality of XML delivers key advantages for interoperability. The interoperability of XML Web services often comes a...
Agents can freely migrate among open MASs in order to obtain resources or services not found locally. In this scenario, agent actions should be guided for avoiding unexpected behav...
We examine the possible use of Description Logics as a knowledge representation and reasoning system for high-level scene interpretation. It is shown that aggregates composed of m...
Abstract. It is generally agreed that one of the key services of componentbased systems are transactions. However, an agreement on how components should be involved in transactions...