This paper discusses the technical and policy issues that West Virginia Network (WVNET) encountered when it expanded its statewide Internet dialup service through an outsourcing p...
Abstract. We compare three specification frameworks for the operationtics of programming languages, abstract state machines (ASMs) and the two incarnations of natural semantics, b...
Model checking is a powerful and widespread technique for the verification of finite distributed systems. However, the main hindrance for wider application of this technique is the...
that negotiation is a powerful abstract notion for the coordination of generic services available from distributed components. This is the main motivation underlying the developme...
This presents a study in which a high level abstract architecture was used to design open multi-agent systems and virtual organizations that offer services with temporal constraint...