Most of the routing protocols in wireless ad hoc networks, such as DSR, assume nodes are trustworthy and cooperative. This assumption renders wireless ad hoc networks vulnerable to...
We present an approach towards a formal dynamic semantics for UML using ASM. We aim to remain as close as possible to the standard definition of UML and to cover the operational pa...
According to the taxonomy for agent activity, proposed by V. Parunak, a collaboration is an interaction between agents of a multi-agent system (MAS) whereby the agents explicitly ...
With access to real-time information on critical performance indicators of business processes, managers and staff members can play a crucial role in improving the speed and effecti...
In modern architectures based on Web Services or Cloud Computing, a very large number of user requests arrive concurrently and has to be scheduled for execution constrained by cor...