A key element of any mobile code based distributed system are the security mechanisms available to protect (a) the host against potentially hostile actions of a code fragment under...
- The future of the Semantic Web envisions an interconnected network of data and systems where software agents can communicate seamlessly to perform complicated tasks with limited ...
Danny Chen, John Lastusky, James Starz, Stephen Ho...
This paper addresses distributed task allocation in complex scenarios modeled using the distributed constraint optimization problem (DCOP) formalism. We propose and evaluate a nov...
Paulo Roberto Ferreira Jr., Felipe S. Boffo, Ana L...
In this paper we present a semantic theory for Concurrent ML. It consists of a new effect-based type system and a denotational model. The new type system is based on an extension o...
A variety of business relationships in open settings can be understood in terms of the creation and manipulation of commitments among the participants. These include B2C and B2B c...