– Object-Oriented Analysis (OOA) has been proposed and applied in software engineering for more than fifteen years. Many researchers and practitioners have published many article...
In this paper we describe a new way to improve the usability of complex hardware setups in Intelligent Environments. By introducing a virtual character, we facilitate intuitive int...
Business processes are often statically implemented and may not be established ad-hoc. For the realization of dynamic process configurations that demand for changes in these imple...
The proliferation of malware has presented a serious threat to the security of computer systems. Traditional signature-based antivirus systems fail to detect polymorphic and new, ...
Abstract. In this paper we propose a new role for the agent metaphor in the definition of the organizational structure of multiagent systems. The agent metaphor is extended to cons...