The next generation of computing systems will be embedded, in a virtually unbounded number, and dynamically connected. The current software, network architectures, and their assoc...
The paper presents a multi-agent system that comprises a society of self-interested agents that use argumentation-based negotiation to reach agreements regarding cooperation and go...
In this paper we give a formal description of the parsing model that underlies the treatment of Long Distance Dependencies, Topic and Focus, Ellipsis and Quantification in, amongs...
The efficiency of mergesortprogramsis analysed under a simple unit-cost model. In our analysis the time performance of the sorting programs includes the costs of key comparisons, e...
Abstract. In the context of the object-oriented data model, a compiletime approach is given that provides for a significant reduction of the amount of run-time transaction overhead...