The conceptual architecture of the access control system described here is based on automatic distributed acquisition and processing of knowledge about users and devices in comput...
The UML is the de facto standard for system specification, but offers little specialized support for the specification and analysis of policies. This paper presents Deontic STAIRS,...
There is a tendency to overlook or play down software issues in industrial systems design. However the very best hardware will only be as effective as the programs that control it...
We built an automated dialogue system whose style of interaction can be varied along the three dimensions of Humour, Relationship Maintenance and Personality Matching. We then ran...
: This paper proposes a formal methodology for designing multi-agent systems based on stepwise refinements. The main contribution consists in providing a set of methodological prin...
Amira Regayeg, Slim Kallel, Ahmed Hadj Kacem, Moha...