Abstracts A new class of models, formalisms, and mechanisms has recently evolved for
describing concurrent and distributed computations based on the concept of “CO …

A tuple centre is a tuple space whose behaviour can be defined by means of reactions to
communication events. In this paper, we motivate and define the notion of tuple centre, both …

Exploiting the full potential of massively parallel systems requires programming models that
explicitly deal with the concurrency of cooperation among very large numbers of active …

The metaphors of autonomous agents and agent societies have the potential to make a
significant impact on the processes of analysis, design, and development of complex …

Based on a suitably defined coordination model distinguishing between objective (inter-
agent) coordination and subjective (intra-agent) coordination, this book addresses the …

As today's most complex computing environment, the Internet confronts IT researchers,
system designers, and application developers with completely new challenges and, as a …

Coordination models and languages represent a new approach to design and development
of concurrent systems. The interest in coordination has intensi ed in the last few years, as …

The Electronic Tool Integration platform (ETI) associated with STTT is designed for the
interactive experimentation with and coordination of heterogeneous tools. ETI users are …

A programmable coordination medium is a shared communication device whose behaviour
can be defined by means of a suitable programming language according to the global …

Building large, heterogeneous, distributed software systems poses serious problems for the
software engineer; achieving interoperability of software systems is still a major challenge …