We outline a model for a society of agents based upon one of the classical theories of sociology: The Weber’s model. We first investigate its links to agent technology through i...
Jacques Calmet, Anusch Daemi, Regine Endsuleit, Th...
We describe the design and the implementation in Java and Jini of a Computational Community, which supports the federation of resources from different organisations. Resources fro...
Nathalie Furmento, Steven Newhouse, John Darlingto...
Quality and economical aspects of software development are strictly related. Adaptability, as a feature of quality, fosters reuse and the resulting economies of scale. Domain anal...
Paolo Predonzani, Giancarlo Succi, Andrea Valerio,...
Software piracy is a major economic problem: it leads to revenue losses, it favors big software houses that are less hurt by these losses and it prevents new software economy model...
Software product lines are multiple systems that are developed synergistically in an attempt to exploit scope economies. They are a promising approach to more effectively developi...
Giancarlo Succi, Jason Yip, Eric Liu, Witold Pedry...