Civil infrastructures are vital elements of a nation’s physical well-being and quality of life because modern economies rely on the services these systems provide to move goods,...
Abstract. The little theories method, in which mathematical reasoning is distributed across a network of theories, is a powerful technique for describing and analyzing complex syst...
The paper presents a Java-based object-oriented system that offers a layered infrastructure to create the adequate framework for complex interactions between Grid components (e.g....
Agent-based approaches in application development seem to meet the requirements of adaptability, scalability, decentralization, and flexibility imposed by complex software systems....
Abstract. One of the reasons for attending to agent technology is the evergrowing complexity of information systems and the increasing difficulty to foresee and plan for all potent...