—The topic of policy-based management is introduced. Its specific application by the ACCENT project to call control is then discussed. The APPEL policy language supports regular ...
Decentralized agent groups typically require complex mechanisms to accomplish coordinated tasks. In contrast, biological systems can achieve intelligent group behaviors with each ...
In this paper we make a contribution to the proof and trust layer of the Semantic Web layer cake by integrating two well founded techniques, namely DAML-S (for describing Web serv...
iary models in order to bridge the semantic gap between high-level, abstract user requirements and low-level, concrete programs and to support a stepwise refinement process. This d...
Abstract. An important goal of security in information systems is confidentiality. A confidentiality policy specifies which users should be forbidden to acquire what kind of inform...