Automated negotiation is an important applying field of agent theory and technology. For the current agent theoretical models have some troubles in explaining the agent's nego...
Abstract. The Composite design pattern is an exemplar of specification and verification challenges for sequential object-oriented programs. Region logic is a Hoare logic augmente...
Stan Rosenberg, Anindya Banerjee, David A. Naumann
The main characteristics of component models is their strict structure enabling better code reuse. Correctness of component composition is well understood formally but existing wor...
New mobile computing technologies and the increasing use of portable devices have pushed the development of the so-called context-aware applications. This new class of applications...
Abstract. The explicit management of Quality of Service (QoS) of network connectivity, such as, e.g., working cost, transaction support, and security, is a key requirement for the ...
Rocco De Nicola, Gian Luigi Ferrari, Ugo Montanari...