Abstract--This paper proposes a method for deriving formal specifications of systems. To accomplish this task we pass through a non trivial number of steps, concepts and tools wher...
The Personal Portal is generally used as a communication mean and serves as an entrance to users where they can acquire interested information on the network. We have several prob...
— The aggregate power consumption of the Internet is increasing at an alarming rate, due in part to the rapid increase in the number of connected edge devices such as desktop PCs...
Abstract. Design by contract is a well known theory that views software construction as based on contracts between clients (callers) and suppliers (routines), relying on mutual obl...
One aspect of rational behavior is that agents can pursue multiple goals in parallel. Current BDI theory and systems do not provide a theoretical or architectural framework for dec...
Alexander Pokahr, Lars Braubach, Winfried Lamersdo...