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PODC
2010
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Brief announcement: view transactions: transactional model with relaxed consistency checks
We present view transactions, a model for relaxed consistency checks in software transactional memory (STM). View transactions always operate on a consistent snapshot of memory bu...
Yehuda Afek, Adam Morrison, Moran Tzafrir
ESWS
2007
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Semantic Group Formation
Many approaches to learning and teaching rely upon students working in groups. Formation of optimal groups can be a time consuming and complex task, particularly when the list of ...
Asma Ounnas
AMAST
2004
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Modularity and the Rule of Adaptation
This paper presents a new rule for reasoning about method calls in object-oriented programs. It is an adaptation of Hoare's rule of adaptation to the object-oriented paradigm,...
Cees Pierik, Frank S. de Boer
CIA
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
A Simple Argumentation Based Contract Enforcement Mechanism
Abstract. Agents may choose to ignore contract violations if the costs of enforcing the contract exceed the compensation they would receive. In this paper we provide an argumentati...
Nir Oren, Alun D. Preece, Timothy J. Norman
ESOA
2006
15 years 8 months ago
An Analysis and Design Concept for Self-organization in Holonic Multi-agent Systems
Holonic Multi-Agent Systems (HMAS) are a convenient way to engineer complex and open systems. In such systems, agents have to be able to self-organize to satisfy their goals. Our w...
Sebastian Rodriguez, Nicolas Gaud, Vincent Hilaire...