In this paper two formal dialectic systems are described, a persuasion protocol (PP0) and a negotiation protocol (NP0), together with a method for shifting from an instance of a pe...
Several efficient compilation techniques have been recently proposed for the generation of sequential (C) code from Esterel programs. Consisting essentially in direct simulation ...
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We present a powerful new account of multi-agent knowledge in the situation calculus and an effective reasoning procedure for handling knowledge queries. Our approach generalizes...
Software architecture plays a central role in developing software systems that satisfy functionality and security requirements. However, little has been done to integrate system d...