Developing large multi-agent systems is a complex task involving the processes of the requirement, architecture, design and implementation of these systems. In particular, the arc...
Legacy systems are often business critical and are associated with high maintenance costs. In this paper, we present an overview of a method, Renaissance, which aims to manage the...
We present several locking synchronization protocols and associated schedulability conditions for Pfair-scheduled multiprocessor systems. We focus on two classes of protocols. The...
The amount of use a knowledge representation system receives depends on more than just the theoretical suitability of the system. Some critical determiners of usage have to do wit...
This paper describes two aspects of architecture of componentized systems. First, properties of the basic building blocks (acquisition and presentation components) are discussed a...