Abstract. Due to new emerging areas in the communication field there is a constant need for the design of novel communication protocols. This demands techniques for a rapid and eff...
Ontologies are set to play a key role in the "Semantic Web", extending syntactic interoperability to semantic interoperability by providing a source of shared and precise...
Database programming requires having the knowledge of database semantics both to maintain database integrity and to explore more optimization opportunities. Automated programming ...
Abstract. Specification diagrams (SD's) are a novel form of graphical notation for specifying open distributed object systems. The design goal is to define notation for specif...
In this paper we define a recursive semantics for warrant in a general defeasible argumentation framework by formalizing a notion of collective (non-binary) conflict among argumen...