The Inscape Environment research project addresses issues in supporting the development of large systems by large numbers of programmers. One aspect of this research is the ‘‘...
The goals of aspect oriented software development (AOSD) and frameworks for configurable protocols (CPs) are similar in many respects. AOSD allows the specification of crosscuttin...
Mainstreaming and industrialising agent technologies requires suitable methodological and technological support for the various engineering activities associated with managing the...
Many approaches of the agent paradigm emphasize the social and intentional features of their systems, what are called social properties. The study of these aspects demands their ow...
Design problems involve issues of stylistic preference and flexible standards of success; human designers often proceed by intuition and are unaware of following any strict rule-b...