— Robots that can interact naturally with humans require the integration and coordination of many different components with heavy computational demands. We argue that an architec...
The use of component models such as Enterprise Java Beans and the CORBA Component Model (CCM) in application development is expanding rapidly. Even in real-time safety/mission-cri...
John Hatcliff, Xianghua Deng, Matthew B. Dwyer, Ge...
The advantages of object-oriented (OO) programming are well-known. Nevertheless, distributed OO middleware systems (OOM) such as CORBA, DCOM or Java RMI have not been widely adopt...
— In distributed heterogeneous Grid environments the protocols used to exchange bits are crucial. As researchers work hard to discover the best new protocol for the Grid, applica...
William E. Allcock, John Bresnahan, Rajkumar Ketti...
Classifying is a central activity in object-oriented programming and distinguishes it from procedural programming. Traditional logic, initiated by Aristotle, assigns classificatio...