Abstract. UML 2.0, which is the standard modeling language for objectoriented systems, has only an informally given semantics. This is in particular the case for UML 2.0 state mach...
Abstract. Due to the inherent difficulties associated with manual ontology building, knowledge acquisition and reuse are often seen as methods that can make this tedious process ea...
Elena Paslaru Bontas, David Schlangen, Thomas Schr...
Abstract. Emergent behaviour (EB) is a common phenomenon in multi-agent systems (MAS) where autonomous agents perform certain actions with only limited access to local information ...
In an open environment populated by large numbers of services, automated service composition is a major challenge. In such a setting the efficient interaction of directory-based s...
Abstract. Behavioral specifications that are integrated into component interfaces are an important means for the correct construction of component-based systems. Currently, such s...