Abstract. A stochastic extension of COWS is presented. First the formalism is given an operational semantics leading to finitely branching transition systems. Then its syntax and ...
Abstract. The use of formal methods provides confidence in the correctness of developments. Yet one may argue about the actual level of confidence obtained when the method itself...
Abstract. This paper presents a method for making metadata conforming to heterogeneous schemas semantically interoperable. The idea is to make the knowledge embedded in the schema ...
Multiplysectioned Bayesian networks provide a probabilistic framework for reasoning about uncertain domains in cooperative multiagent systems. Several advances have been made in r...
This paper addresses the dynamic service selection and composition issues for the satisfaction of user requirements. We propose an approach in which agents perform service composi...