Even though a thorough system specification improves the quality of the design , it is not sufficient to guarantee that a system will satisfy its reliability targets. Within this ...
High-bandwidth applications with time-dependent resource requirements demand certain resource level assurances in order to operate correctly. Quality of Service resource managemen...
Scott A. Brandt, Gary J. Nutt, Toby Berk, James E....
The global scenario put together by communication networks determines new opportunities towards the realization of Internetbased distributed services in many complex and composite...
Intelligent behavior is the selection of actions based on knowledge. The design of the Fuzzy Adaptive Survivability Tool (FAST) agents and their intelligent behavior is explained....
Emergence is a widespread notion in complex systems, artificial life and multi-agent systems. In this paper, we try to clarify a specific emergence feature suggested by John Holl...