Increasingly, many data sources appear as online databases, hidden behind query forms, thus forming what is referred to as the deep web. It is desirable to have systems that can pr...
The concept of responsibility aims at making a computing system trustworthy for its users despite the fact that failures of IT systems cannot be completely excluded. The presented ...
—Current industrial automation systems are virtually unprotected against attacks on IT security at field level, especially if an attacker is able to connect physically to field...
This paper presents a generic meta-model of multi-agent systems based on organizational concepts such as groups, roles and structures. This model, called AALAADIN, defines a very ...
Automotive software systems are becoming increasingly complex, driven both by advances in technology and by demands for more powerful applications. The design of such complex syst...