The semantic web shall enable web agents an efficient, precise, and comprehensive extraction of knowledge. Nevertheless, this new web is not likely to be adopted in the immediate future. In this article, we present a ...

A tool to obtain a classifier system from labelled databases is presented. The result is a hierarchical set of rules to divide the space in n-orthohedrons. This hierarchy means that obtained rules must be applied in ...

This paper presents a dynamic simulation model applied within the field of web services capacity management. The main purpose of the model is to help manage the web services capacity that providers assign their ...

This paper presents a model based on pomsets (partially ordered multisets) for estimating the minimum number of setups in the workcells in Assembly Sequence Planning. This problem is focused through the minimization ...

In this paper we show how an object-oriented specification language is usefvl for the specification of distributed systems. The main constructors in this language are the objects. An object consists of a state, a behaviour ...

Strong fairness is a notion we can use to ensure that an element that is enabled infinitely often in a non–deterministic programme, will eventually be selected for execution so that it can progress. Unfortunately, “eventually” ...

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) holds promise for business agility since it allows business process to change to meet new customer demands or market needs without causing a cascade effect of changes in the underlying IT ...

Multiparty interactions are a powerful mechanism for coordinating several entities that need to cooperate in order to achieve a common goal. In this paper, we present an algorithm for implementing them that improves on ...

Multiparty interactions have been paid much attention in recent years because they provide the user with a useful mechanism for coordinating a number of entities that need to cooperate in order to achieve a common goal. ...

The aim of this work is the representation and analysis of semiqualitative models. Their qualitative knowledge is represented by means of qualitative operators and envelope functions. A semiqualitative model is transformed ...