This article aims to provide foundations for a new approach to Agent Communication Languages (ACLs). First, we present the theory of signalling acts. In contrast to current approa...
Cache coherence protocols of current shared-memory multiprocessors are difficult to verify. Our previous work proposed an extension of Lamport's logical clocks for showing th...
Anne Condon, Mark D. Hill, Manoj Plakal, Daniel J....
—As multiprocessor systems are increasingly used in real-time environments, scheduling and synchronization analysis of these platforms receive growing attention. However, most kn...
—This paper provides a queueing analysis for the slotted Aloha network. We assume the use of an exponential backoff protocol. Most prior work on slotted Aloha focuses on the anal...
The automation of agents that bargain within markets is a challenging open problem. In these settings a seller agent can take advantage from the competition among several buyer ag...