This paper provides a design rationale for a mechanism that enforces a correct mapping between a model of a nested agent organization and a model of a composite interaction-based ...
The combination of two security protocols, a simple shared-key communication protocol and the Di e-Hellman key distribution protocol, is modeled formally and proved correct. The m...
A conditional model is introduced for triggering understanding actions that correct errors of frame hypothesization and composition. Experimental evidence is provided using the Fr...
We present the universe model,a new approach to concurrencymanagement that isolates concurrency concerns and represents them in the modular interface of a component. This approach...
UML provides very little support for modelling evolvable or reusable specifications and designs. To cope with this problem, the UML needs to be extended with support for reuse and ...