The event-condition-action paradigm (also known as triggers or rules) gives a database “active” capabilities – the ability to react automatically to changes in the database o...
In this paper, we identify and analyze a set of issues that are more and more influencing the characteristics of today's complex software systems, and that distinguish them f...
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 ...
We discuss the human role in hydropower system control, noting how it is different from other supervisory control environments and the typical shortcomings in current displays pro...
Many safety-critical embedded systems are subject to certification requirements; some systems may be required to meet multiple sets of certification requirements, from different c...