Most large shared-memory multiprocessors use directory protocols to keep per-processor caches coherent. Some memory references in such systems, however, suffer long latencies for ...
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...
Testing of concurrent programs is much more difficult than that of sequential programs. A concurrent program behaves nondeterministically, that is, the program may produce differe...
To facilitate the rapid development and open system interoperability of autonomous agents we need to carefully specify and effectively implement various classes of agent behaviors...
Keith Decker, Anandeep Pannu, Katia P. Sycara, Mik...
We report on an experiment to implement an autonomous creature situated in a two-dimensional world, that shows various learning and problem-solving capabilities, within the Societ...