Protocols enable unambiguous, smooth interactions among agents. Commitments among agents are a powerful means of developing protocols. Commitments enable flexible execution of pro...
The debate on “openness” has tended to focus on standard setting, software copyrights, patent policy and collaborative innovation models – large issues that evoke heated deb...
Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, Taylor Reynolds, Andrew Wyck...
Abstract. Software systems nowadays are becoming increasingly complex and vulnerable to all sorts of failures and attacks. There is a rising need for robust self-repairing systems ...
Thomas Meyer, Daniel Schreckling, Christian F. Tsc...
We introduce a diffusion of innovation model based on a network threshold approach. Realistic network and threshold data were gathered regarding the diffusion of new software tool...
The trend towards highly specialized solution providers cooperatively offering configurable products and services to their customers requires the extension of current (standalone)...
Alexander Felfernig, Gerhard Friedrich, Dietmar Ja...