In this paper we describe Astra, a computational aid for generating process explanations in nuclear astrophysics. The system operates in two stages, the rst using knowledge of qua...
The last few years have seen the development of a new calculus which can be considered as an outcome of the last decade of various researches on (higher order) term rewriting syst...
In this paper we consider the complexity of several problems involving finite algebraic structures. Given finite algebras A and B, these problems ask the following. (1) Do A and B ...
We address the issues of semantics and conversations for agent communication languages and the Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (KQML) in particular. Based on ideas from spee...
The open source software (OSS) model is a fundamentally new and revolutionary way to develop software. The success of the OSS model is also setting the stage for a structural chang...