In this paper we describe PADUA, a protocol designed to enable agents to debate an issue drawing arguments not from a knowledge base of facts, rules and priorities but directly fro...
Maya Wardeh, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Frans Coene...
The purpose of this paper is to present our experience from the design of a personalized television application, and the implications for the design of interactive television appl...
Konstantinos Chorianopoulos, George Lekakos, Diomi...
This paper describes the results of a study where the impact of Object-Oriented design on software quality characteristics is experimentally evaluated. A suite of metrics for OO d...
Proponents of design notations tailored for specific application domains or reference architectures, often available in the form of UML stereotypes, motivate them by improved unde...
Filippo Ricca, Massimiliano Di Penta, Marco Torchi...
Traditionally, software engineering processes are based on a formalist model that emphasizes strict documentation, procedural and validation standards. Although this is a poor fit...