We propose a general framework for multi-context reasoning which allows us to combine arbitrary monotonic and nonmonotonic logics. Nonmonotonic bridge rules are used to specify th...
We consider the frame problem, that is, char acterizing the assumption that properties tend to persist over time. We show that there are at least three distinct assumptions that...
: The growing use of XML in commercial as well as non-commercial domains to transport information poses new challenges to concepts to access these information. Common ways to acces...
Peter Baumgartner, Ulrich Furbach, Margret Gro&szl...
This paper explores how to characterise security properties of software components, and how to reason about their suitability for a trustworthy compositional contract. Our framewo...
In this paper we overview one specific approach to the formal development of multi-agent systems. This approach is based on the use of temporal logics to represent both the behavio...