This paper argues that basing the semantics of concurrent systems on the notions of state and state transitions is neither advisable nor necessary. The tendency to do this is deepl...
: In ubiquitous application scenarios, the information (processing) needs of nomadic users often cannot be satisfied by a set of pre-installed processes like in common workflow sys...
Klaus Haller, Michelle Ackermann, Claudio Munari, ...
The past 10 years have delivered two significant revolutions. (1) Microprocessor design has been transformed by the limits of chip power, wire latency, and Dennard scaling—leadi...
Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, Ting Cao, Xi Yang, Stephen Blac...
Abstract. Internet business-to-business transactions present great challenges in merging information from different sources. In this paper we describe a project to integrate four ...
Yang Yu, Donald Hillman, Basuki Setio, Jeff Heflin
Systems are increasingly expected to adapt themselves to changing requirements and environmental situations with minimum user interactions. A challenge for self-adaptation is the i...