Abstract. I develop a compositional theory of refinement for the branching time framework based on stuttering simulation and prove that if one system refines another, then a refine...
Many modern chemical plants have to be modelled as complex hybrid systems consisting of various continuous and event-discrete components. Besides of the modular and easy-to-read s...
Observation is becoming a crucial issue in the engineering of today's systems: the common practice for dealing with their complexity is to encapsulate their subcomponents abs...
Networked devices for the storage and rendering of digital media are rapidly becoming ubiquitous in homes throughout the industrialized world. Existing approaches to home media con...
Software agent-based negotiation is a major method to automate the interactions in electronic marketplaces and Internet enabled communities. The traditional approach is to let the...