Large classes of autonomic (self-managing, selfhealing) systems can be created by logically integrating simpler autonomic systems. The configuration method is widely used for such...
Sanjai Narain, Thanh Cheng, Brian A. Coan, Vikram ...
Component-based software engineering (CBSE) and the use of (de-facto) standard component models have gained popularity in recent years, particularly in the development of desktop ...
Digital signatures, like physical signatures, can verify that a specific user affixed their signature to a document and they can also verify that the document is the same as when ...
The development of software systems is a complex task that requires support techniques to guide the process and solve inconsistencies in its . In the agent paradigm, the use of soc...
Abstract. Engineering design is a knowledge intensive activity. Design is characterized as comprising a number of phases from requirements to detailed specification. Transitions be...