Abstract. To formally describe architectures of software systems, specific languages called Architecture Description Languages (ADLs) have been developed by academic institutions a...
In this paper we consider how a BDI agent might determine its best course of action. We draw on previous work which has presented a model of persuasion over action and we discuss ...
Katie Atkinson, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Peter Mc...
A major research goal for compilers and environments is the automatic derivation of tools from formal specifications. However, the formal model of the language is often inadequat...
We present an approach to modelling Abadi–Cardelli-style object calculi as Unifying Theories of Programming (UTP) designs. Here we provide a core object calculus with an operatio...
In this paper, we discuss how to model systems that communicate through and are coordinated by mobile channels. Mainly, we focus on modeling the exogenous coordination behavior im...
Juan Guillen Scholten, Farhad Arbab, Frank S. de B...