The design of tools for creative activities affects the creative processes and output of users. In this paper we consider how an understanding of creative interaction can inform t...
Abstract. A self-managed system is both self-assembling and selfhealing. Service-oriented Computing (SoC) architectures, such as a Web Services Architecture (WS-A) illustrate a hig...
: The most important aspect of concurrent and distributed computation is the interaction between system components. Integration of components into a system requires some synchroniz...
Gilberto Matos, James M. Purtilo, Elizabeth L. Whi...
In this paper we present how to use the Agent MOdeling LAnguage (AMOLA) to define agent interaction protocols and how to integrate these in an agent model. AMOLA provides the synt...
Engineering design increasingly uses computer simulation models coupled with optimization algorithms to find the best design that meets the customer constraints within a time con...