Abstract. Current trends in software development show a move towards supporting autonomous components (agents). The accurate timing of interactions between such components is growi...
This paper discusses the use of simulation in a new context. Most often QUEST is viewed as a stand-alone simulation tool to analyze and understand shop floor behavior. It has rare...
Web Service (WS) technology represents a fundamental shift in the way web applications are developed for e-business. It is becoming the next paradigm to deploy business services o...
Research in knowledge-based software engineering has led to advances in the ability to specify and automatically generate software. Advances in the support of upstream activities ...
Andreas Girgensohn, David F. Redmiles, Frank M. Sh...
Gaining wide acceptance for the use of agents in industry requires both relating it to the nearest antecedent technology (objectoriented software development) and using artifacts ...