An adaptation contract describes composition constraints and adaptation requirements among several services which were not initially built to interoperate with each other. The man...
Reusable software components need well-defined interfaces, rigorously and completely documented features, and a design amenable both to reuse and to formal verification; all these...
We introduce the novel notion of Verifiable Encryption of Chameleon Signatures (VECS), and then use it to design a three-round abuse-free optimistic contract signing protocol. Key...
– Building large software systems out of existing software components can save time and cost. These software components range from architectural and design components to binary c...
Contract and rights management – and thus property rights protection – has gained increasing importance as a quality standard in brokerage and electronic commerce environments...