Abstract In many scenarios, a database instance violates a given set of integrity constraints. In such cases, it is often required to repair the database, that is, to restore its c...
Integrating contributions received from other agents is an essential activity in multi-agent systems (MASs). Not only must related contributions be integrated together, but the co...
Probabilistic logics have attracted a great deal of attention during the past few years. While logical languages have taken a central position in research on knowledge representati...
Arjen Hommersom, Nivea de Carvalho Ferreira, Peter...
A widely used computational model for constructing fault-tolerant distributed applications employs atomic transactions for controlling operations on persistent objects. There has ...
Thisposition statementarguesthat advanced,systematic modelingtechniquesare neededto support engineering of complex, heterogeneoussystems. Models provide blueprintsfor thedevelopme...