Abstract— Component-based applications require good middleware support. In particular, business logic should be separated from management code for guaranteeing nonfunctional prop...
Abstract. Emergent behaviour (EB) is a common phenomenon in multi-agent systems (MAS) where autonomous agents perform certain actions with only limited access to local information ...
In the literature, the validity of theories or models for trust is usually based on intuition and common sense. Theories and models are not often verified experimentally. The rese...
Catholijn M. Jonker, Joost J. P. Schalken, Jan The...
Some types of animals exploit patterns created in the environment as external mental states, thus obtaining an extension of their mind. In the case of social animals the creation a...
Tibor Bosse, Catholijn M. Jonker, Martijn C. Schut...
We present a formal analysis technique for probabilistic security properties of peer-to-peer communication systems based on random message routing among members. The behavior of g...