Fast is a tool designed for the analysis of counter systems, i.e. automata extended with unbounded integer variables. Despite the reachability set is not recursive in general, Fast...
This paper describes two self-optimisation techniques that have been employed in the design of two exemplar agent-based mobile computing systems, namely Gullivers Genie and the Ag...
Rem W. Collier, Michael J. O'Grady, Gregory M. P. ...
The overall goal of this research is to improve the `environment awareness' aspect of personal autonomic computing. Personal Computing offers unique challenges for self-manag...
A primary goal in the design of wireless sensor networks is lifetime maximization, constrained by the energy capacity of batteries. One well known method to reduce energy consumpt...
Building service-based architectures has become a major area of interest since the advent of Web services. Modelling these architectures is a central activity. Model-driven archite...