Abstract This position paper explores the nature and role of two bio-inspired paradigms, namely Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) and Swarm Intelligence (SI). We argue that there are...
We describe an approach to the use of case-based techniques for natural language understanding and for action planning in a system for dialogue between a human and a robot, which ...
Despite the fact that various means of communication such as mobile phones, instant messenger and e-mail are now widespread; many romantic couples separated by long distances worr...
In this paper, we will consider two aspects of UML in order to assess how well suited it is for modeling SPARK systems. The first aspect is the ability to represent SPARK in UML f...
The paper introduces a system model called the probabilistic asynchronous model which characterises the context in which many practical and the Internet-based applications are bui...