ifferent abstraction levels, resulting in isolated `information silos'. An increasing number of task-specific software tools aim to support developers, but this often results ...
Abstract: Adaptive behavior and learning are required of software agents in many application domains. At the same time agents are often supposed to be resource-bounded systems, whi...
The cost of maintaining a software system over a long period of time far exceeds its initial development cost. Much of the maintenance cost is attributed to the time required by ne...
In this paper, we advocate the use of visual tooling for the development and maintenance of component-based software systems. Our contribution is twofold. First, we demonstrate ho...
L.L.Bean is a large retail organization whose development processes must be agile in order to allow rapid enhancement and maintenance of its technology infrastructure. Over the pas...