We present two models of hierarchical structured multi-agents, and we describe how to obtain a modal knowledge base from distributed sources. We then propose a computationally orie...
This paper proposes the use of process models for DSS design. The kind of process models suggested are task structures and decision structures with simple graphical syntax and sem...
J. J. Zuurbier, J. N. Brinkkemper, Margriet Offere...
We describe a framework where formal models can be rigorously defined and compared, and their interconnections can be unambiguously specified. We use trace algebra and trace struc...
Jerry R. Burch, Roberto Passerone, Alberto L. Sang...
Mechanical systems have structural organizations--parts, and their relations--and functional organizations--temporal, dynamic, and causal processes--which can be explained using t...
An autonomic system is structured as a network of autonomic elements that collaborate to achieve the system’s purpose. This paper examines the potential benefit of using well-es...
David W. Bustard, Roy Sterritt, A. Taleb-Bendiab, ...