In this paper we propose a new voting protocol with desirable security properties. The voting stage of the protocol can be performed by humans without computers; it provides every...
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) consist of small self-contained devices with computational, sensing and wireless communication capabilities. They allow flexible, powerful, tetherles...
In this paper we present a new approach for the automated mapping of formal descriptions into activity thread implementations. Our approach resolves semantic conflicts by reorderi...
Intelligent and autonomous software agents may engage in dialogue and argument with one another, and much recent research has considered protocols, architectures and frameworks for...
Enrico Oliva, Mirko Viroli, Andrea Omicini, Peter ...
Purpose – This paper aims to address some security issues in open systems such as service-oriented applications and grid computing. It proposes a security framework for these sy...