This paper addresses a simple, yet fundamental question in the design of peer-to-peer systems: What does it mean when we say “availability” and how does this understanding imp...
Ranjita Bhagwan, Stefan Savage, Geoffrey M. Voelke...
Abstract. The deployment of agent societies —as complex systems— in dynamic and unpredictable settings brings forth critical issues concerning their design. Organizational mode...
Loris Penserini, Virginia Dignum, Athanasios Staik...
The complexity, cost, and down-time currently created by the database schema evolution process is the source of incessant problems in the life of information systems and a major s...
: Even if Multiagent Systems (MASs) are recognised as an appealing paradigm for designing many computer systems ranging from complex distributed systems to intelligent software app...
Vincent Hilaire, Pablo Gruer, Abderrafiaa Koukam, ...
This paper describes an approach for conformance testing of mobile and distributed systems. The approach is based on kiltera — a novel, high-level language supporting the descri...