Recently, an axiomatization for functional dependencies (FDs) and multivalued dependencies (MVDs) has been established where arbitrary attributes can be specified as NOT NULL. Tha...
Two key issues in building multi-agent systems concern their scalability and engineering open systems. We offer solutions to these potential problems by introducing a lifecycle fo...
Wamberto Weber Vasconcelos, David Stuart Robertson...
In this paper, we present a social model for software agent conversations for action based on social commitments and their negotiation. We depart from the premises that conversati...
Abstract The tcc model is a formalism for reactive concurrent constraint programming. In this paper we propose a model of temporal concurrent constraint programming which adds to t...
Abstract. This paper presents a formal framework within which autonomous agents can dynamically select and apply different mechanisms to coordinate their interactions with one ano...
Rachel A. Bourne, Karen Shoop, Nicholas R. Jenning...