Interactions between agents in an open system such as the Internet require a significant degree of flexibility. A crucial aspect of the development of such methods is the notion o...
We propose a methodology based on testing as a framework to capture the interactions of a machine represented in a denotational model and the data it manipulates. Using a duality t...
Though overriding as a single and default mode of inheritance is adequate for most knowledge bases, a large class of applications naturally requires several inheritance modes and ...
This paper describes a novel approach to high-level agent programming based on a highly developed logical theory of action. The user provides a specification of the agents’ bas...
Deductive database technology represents an important step towards the goal of developing highly-declarative database programming languages. In order to make deductive databases a ...
Elisa Bertino, Barbara Catania, Vincenzo Gervasi, ...