This paper introduces a framework for modeling and specifying the global behavior of e-service compositions. Under this framework, peers (individual e-services) communicate throug...
—We study the problem of scheduling periodic real-time tasks which have individual minimum reward requirements. We consider situations where tasks generate jobs that can be provi...
Imitation can be viewed as a means of enhancing learning in multiagent environments. It augments an agent’s ability to learn useful behaviors by making intelligent use of the kn...
Information embedding (IE) is the transmission of information within a host signal subject to a distortion constraint. There are two types of embedding methods, namely irreversibl...
Software Process Improvement needs sound empirical data gathered from a range of empirical studies such as controlled experiments or case studies. However, conducting empirical st...