The ASW protocol is one of the prominent optimistic fair exchange protocols that is used for contract signing between two participants, the originator and the responder, with the ...
We consider the finite binary words Z(n), n ∈ N, defined by the following selfsimilar process: Z(0) := 0, Z(1) := 01, and Z(n + 1) := Z(n) · Z(n − 1), where the dot · deno...
This paper presents a decentralized model that allows self-interested agents to reach "win-win" agreements in a multi-attribute negotiation. The model is based on an alt...
This work examines the interplay of inter-personal and inter-organizational trust, two distinct but related concepts, through a theoretic inter-organizational trust-based security...
The need for flexible forms of serialisation arises under many circumstances, e.g. for doing high-level inter-process communication or to achieve persistence. Many languages, inc...