The systemic theory associates open systems and complexity closely. This article presents a particular articulation between these two concepts using the Systemion Model. Two types ...
On-line trading or Internet Commerce restoring to ECommerce systems are gradually replacing the traditional commerce activities. Internet users must have reasonable faith on the u...
Embedded systems consisting of collaborating agents capable of interacting with their environment are becoming ubiquitous. It is crucial for these systems to be able to adapt to t...
Ubiquitous computing systems can be regarded as open systems where heterogeneous and previously unknown entities may spontaneously interact, due to intrinsic mobility of users and...
The scientific research in the area of computational mechanisms for trust and reputation in virtual societies is a recent discipline oriented to increase the reliability and perfor...