Based on the notion of accumulators, we propose a new cryptographic scheme called universal accumulators. This scheme enables one to commit to a set of values using a short accumul...
Information systems development is regarded as a series of distributed activities aiming at allocating resources in order to promote the development and use of computer-based syst...
Protocols enable unambiguous, smooth interactions among agents. Commitments among agents are a powerful means of developing protocols. Commitments enable flexible execution of pro...
We present a simple formulation of Assumption-Commitment reasoning using CSP. In our formulation, an assumption-commitment style property of a process SYS takes the form COM SYS A...
This paper synthesizes two trends in the engineering of agent-based systems. One, modern agent-oriented methodologies deal with the key aspects of software development including re...