Static scoping embodies a strong encapsulation mechanism for hiding the details of program units. Yet, it does not allow the sharing of variable bindings locations across indepe...
Debugging multi-agent systems, which are concurrent, distributed, and consist of complex components, is difficult, yet crucial. In earlier work we have proposed mechanisms whereby...
This paper takes a closer look at Rivest's chaffing-and-winnowing paradigm for data privacy. We begin with a definition which enables one to clearly determine whether a given ...
In 2008, the systems and networks research communities find themselves victims of their own successes. This white paper reviews some of the evidence that the two areas are under e...
: To manage information quality (IQ) effectively, one needs to know how IQ changes over time, what causes it to change, and whether the changes can be predicted. In this paper we a...