We describe a new architecture for Byzantine fault tolerant state machine replication that separates agreement that orders requests from execution that processes requests. This se...
In this paper we consider how a BDI agent might determine its best course of action. We draw on previous work which has presented a model of persuasion over action and we discuss ...
Katie Atkinson, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Peter Mc...
The software architecture of distributed systems is about to change due to new requirements of modern mobile devices. New network techniques, like ad-hoc radio communication or pee...
Wolfgang Beer, Volker Christian, Alois Ferscha, La...
Trusted computing (e.g. TCPA and Microsoft’s NextGeneration Secure Computing Base) has been one of the most talked about and least understood technologies in the computing commu...
We describe an approach based upon software process technology to on-the-fly monitoring, redeployment, reconfiguration, and in general dynamic adaptation of distributed software ap...