A UML based metamodel for Bunge-Wand-Weber (BWW) ontology is presented. BWW ontology is a generic framework for analysis and conceptualization of real world objects. It includes c...
Multiagent research provides an extensive literature on formal Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) based models describing the notions of teamwork and cooperation, but adversarial and c...
Inon Zuckerman, Sarit Kraus, Jeffrey S. Rosenschei...
Functionality is one of the key concepts of knowledge about artifacts. Functional knowledge shows a part of designer's intention (so-called design rationale), and thus its sha...
Abstract. Proponents of aspect orientation have successfully seeded the impression that aspects—like objects—are so fundamental a notion that they should pervade all phases and...
Some types of animals exploit the external environment to support their cognitive processes, in the sense of patterns created in the environment that function as external mental s...
Tibor Bosse, Catholijn M. Jonker, Martijn C. Schut...