– Building large software systems out of existing software components can save time and cost. These software components range from architectural and design components to binary c...
: Multiagent Systems (MAS) are open, heterogeneous and distributed software systems of autonomous agents. The management of exception differs in MAS from what is known in usual eng...
Component-based reuse is a hopeful solution to the software crisis. Research on software architecture (SA) has revealed a component-based vision of the gross structure of software...
Advances in sensor and wireless technologies will enable thousands, or even millions of small but smart sensors to be deployed for a wide range of monitoring applications. The sen...
Analysis and design patterns are well established as a convenient and reusable way to build high-quality object-oriented software. Patterns combine experience and good practices t...