In this paper we propose a formalism for symbolic negotiation. We regard symbolic negotiation as cooperative problem solving (CPS), which is based on symbolic reasoning and is ext...
Abstract. Rewriting systems over adhesive categories have been recently introduced as a general framework which encompasses several rewriting-based computational formalisms, includ...
Paolo Baldan, Andrea Corradini, Tobias Heindel, Ba...
Schneider's work on rank functions [14] provides a formal approach to verification of certain properties of a security protocol. However, he illustrates the approach only wit...
Model-checking has turned out to be an efficient and relatively easy-to-use technique in the verification of formally described programs. However, there is one major drawback in u...
Abstract. This article considers the link between theory and practice in agentoriented programming. We begin by rigorously defining a new formal specification language for autono...