Abstract. The usual context of service oriented computing is characterized by several services offering the same functionalities, new services that are continuosly deployed and oth...
This paper proposes a combined mechanism for coordinating agents in timed normative multi-agent systems. Timing constraints in a multi-agent system make it possible to force actio...
Lacramioara Astefanoaei, Frank S. de Boer, Mehdi D...
Abstract--This paper proposes a method for deriving formal specifications of systems. To accomplish this task we pass through a non trivial number of steps, concepts and tools wher...
Technologies for overcoming heterogeneities between autonomous data sources are key in the emerging networked world. In this paper we discuss the initial results of a formal inves...
George H. L. Fletcher, Catharine M. Wyss, Edward L...
In Chinese, phrases and named entities play a central role in information retrieval. Abbreviations, however, make keyword-based approaches less effective. This paper presents an em...