Abstract-- Mashups integrate a set of complementary Webservices and data sources, often referred to as mashlets. We consider here a common scenario where the integrated mashlets ar...
A contract algorithm is an algorithm which is given, as part of its input, a specified amount of allowable computation time. In contrast, interruptible algorithms may be interrupt...
Abstract. This paper addresses the problem of specifying and establishing secure collaborations between autonomous entities that need to interact and depend on each other in order ...
Alberto E. Schaeffer Filho, Emil Lupu, Morris Slom...
In the immediate aftermath of a disaster routine processes, even if specifically designed for such a situation, are not enacted blindly. Actions and processes rather adapt their be...
We consider a resource access control scenario in an open multi-agent system. We specify a mutable set of rules to determine how resource allocation is decided, and minimally assum...