We reduce the state explosion problem in automatic verification of finite-state systems by automatically collapsing subgraphs of the aph into abstract states. The key idea of the ...
We discuss the extension of an emotionally-driven agent architecture already applied to the creation of emergent narratives. Synthetic characters are enhanced to perform as actors...
Web Services are the state-of-the-art realization of a service-oriented architecture. While there is an agreed standard to describe the interface of services (WSDL) as well as an ...
We present a tool for performance modeling of Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs). As mission-critical use of whole-ofgovernment SOAs become pervasive, the capability to model a...