Communication is essential in multi-agent systems, since it allows agents to share knowledge and to coordinate. However, in open multi-agent systems, autonomous and heterogeneous a...
The coordination of layers in computer and software systems is one of the main challenges in designing such systems today. In this paper we consider Holistic System Design as a wa...
Julia L. Lawall, Christian W. Probst, Ulrik Pagh S...
We investigate a new class of geometric problems based on the idea of online error correction. Suppose one is given access to a large geometric dataset though a query mechanism; f...
Representations are at work in IT technology. As plans of and for work, they enable cooperation, coordination, accountability and control, which have to be balanced off against ea...
We exploit the main similarity between the aspect-oriented programming paradigm and the inter-object, scenario-based approach to specification in order to construct a new way of ...