Abstract. This paper describes an architecture for modeling cooperating systems of communicating agents. The authors’ goal is not that of providing a framework to implement multi...
Roberto A. Flores, Robert C. Kremer, Douglas H. No...
This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehe...
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, David Ki...
We propose two extensions to the SQL grant/revoke security model. In SQL, grants are unconditional, so the grantor must simply trust the recipient's discretion. We allow a gr...
In this paper, we propose managing data summaries in unstructured P2P systems. Our summaries are intelligible views with two main virtues. First, they can be directly queried and u...
Rabab Hayek, Guillaume Raschia, Patrick Valduriez,...
W3C Recommendations XML Encryption and XML-Digital Signature can be used to protect the confidentiality of and provide assurances about the integrity of XML documents transmitted...