This paper describes STL, a new coordination model and corresponding language. STL's power and expressiveness are shown through a preliminary distributed implementation of a ...
Oliver Krone, Fabrice Chantemargue, Thierry Dagaef...
The problem of providing tools to support legally valid negotiations between agents is becoming more and more critical. Agents are supposed to perform crucial tasks autonomously; ...
Roberto Bianchi, Andrea Fontana, Federico Bergenti
Protocols enable unambiguous, smooth interactions among agents. Commitments among agents are a powerful means of developing protocols. Commitments enable flexible execution of pro...
For the last few years a considerable number of efforts have been devoted into integrating security issues into information systems development practices. This has led to a number...
Object-oriented development is expected to provide many benefits, but observations of industrial practice show that there are many problems to overcome. This paper discusses two i...