{"title":"Distributed objects in a federation of autonomous cooperating agents","authors":"F. Tuijnman, H. Afsarmanesh","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291763","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a model for creating and modifying complex objects that are distributed in a network of autonomous cooperating agents. The information that agents are willing to share with others in the federation is uniformly represented as inter-related objects. This defines a distributed object graph that spans over the entire federation of agents. Complex objects form a connected subgraph of this distributed object graph. To support safe cooperation and sharing of complex objects, while preserving agents' autonomy, agents can negotiate with each other on the access rights and deletion policies on distributed complex object and when necessary the rights are propagated. Since the rights are negotiated among agents, the autonomy of each agent is fully maintained.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132758085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A semantic-based nested transaction model for intelligent and cooperative information systems","authors":"M. Haghjoo, Mike P Papazoglous, H. Schmidt","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291742","url":null,"abstract":"Intelligent and cooperative information systems (ICIS) involve upgraded models for transaction support for large distributed data/knowledge intensive applications. The use of long-lived transactions results in the introduction of a flexible transaction model which employs weak integrity and optimistic commit mechanisms for transactions relying on compensating and contingency transactions to recover from potential semantic failures. An open-nested transaction model for ICIS is introduced. It provides linguistic facilities for defining and controlling long-lived complex transactions (comprising related units of work) by taking into account the semantics of distributed computations. The fact that the proposed transaction model is grafted on to an appropriately extended concurrent object-oriented programming language allows exhibiting a high degree of parallelism inherent in distributed transaction-oriented applications.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131228944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adaptation in open systems: reflection as a backbone","authors":"S. Giroux, A. Senteni, G. Lapalme","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291755","url":null,"abstract":"The design principles behind ReActalk (reflective actor kernel) implementation are presented. ReActalk uses an organizational approach of reflection and is meant to provide a framework for the study of adaptation in the context of agents and open systems. Since open systems interact with a fluid reality, they must adapt in order to mitigate the consequences of the narrowness and the brittleness of traditional systems. ReActalk uses reflection as a framework for adaptive processes evolving in a dynamic environment. It is shown how reflection can implement adaptive processes, and how adaptive mechanisms are actualized in ReActalk. Based on Gregory Bateson's work (1979), adaptation is defined either as a modification of one's behavior or as a modification of one's environment. The authors indicate how to gel from Bateson's view to an architecture suited for adaptation. It is shown how ReActalk allows both types of adaptation.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"173 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126743973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge about other agents in heterogeneous dynamic domains","authors":"A. Haddadi, K. Sundermeyer","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291769","url":null,"abstract":"The authors are concerned with heterogeneous agents in dynamic domains, where an agent may have to interact with varying number and various types of agents. To assist the inevitable computational limitations involved in reasoning and deciding within interactions, a focusing mechanism is essential in the dynamic update of an agent's knowledge about other agents. The authors claim that this focusing should be led by motivations and intentions of an agent. At the preliminary stage they identify the possible relationships that exist among agents. From these relationships they draw a framework within which an agent reasons about those agents who are relevant to it and influence its persistence in holding on to its goals, and further, identify the decision making points involved in this process.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131114866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas Lux, P. D. Greef, F. Bomarius, Donald Steiner
{"title":"A generic framework for human computer cooperation","authors":"Andreas Lux, P. D. Greef, F. Bomarius, Donald Steiner","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291766","url":null,"abstract":"Our aim is an abstract formal model and a formal language to describe cooperative processes. As a first step in this direction this paper presents a conceptual model for supporting integrated human-computer cooperation. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, combining research results from distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW). The conceptual model is based on cooperation objects, cooperation primitives and cooperation methods. We provide an example of how this model can be used as a new framework for human computer cooperation.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125355794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Task-oriented development of intelligent information systems","authors":"J. Mylopoulos, T. Rose, C. Woo","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291746","url":null,"abstract":"Describes a collection of tools intended to assist a software development team in capturing team knowhow during the development of a prototype system. The tool set is founded on the notion of a task, a software development-related activity carried out by one or more designers collaboratively. The capture and management of such tasks is achieved through tools for acquiring tasks, monitoring the execution of tasks in a prescriptive, descriptive or critiquing mode and the evolution of tasks as team knowledge evolves. Ideas from organizational information systems are imported in order to define a tool for supporting aspects of collaborative work.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"295 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120838530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A computer-supported cooperative problem solving environment for examining communication effectiveness","authors":"K. Swigger, T. Thomas, R. Brazile","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291757","url":null,"abstract":"The authors' long term goal is to improve computer-supported cooperative problem solving. In order to address this problem, a prototype interface that is designed to investigate effective group problem solving skills has been built. The special interface is based on a communication competency model which assumes that group effectiveness depends upon the performance of competencies (or skills) that aid groups in solving problems. Five task-achievement competencies are selected: establishment of operating procedures; analysis of the group problem; establishment of criteria; generation of alternative solutions; and evaluation of solutions. Special online tools are built to support and correspond to each of the communication competencies. From the authors' study of successful vs. unsuccessful groups using the interface, it is found that effective computer-supported cooperative problem solving is positively related to the use of some of the online tools.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125705137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Huhns, N. Jacobs, T. Ksiezyk, Wei-Min Shen, Munindar P. Singh, P. Cannata
{"title":"Integrating enterprise information models in Carnot","authors":"M. Huhns, N. Jacobs, T. Ksiezyk, Wei-Min Shen, Munindar P. Singh, P. Cannata","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291772","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe a method for integrating separately developed information models. The models may be the schemas of databases, frame systems of knowledge bases, domain models of business environments, or process models of business operations. The method achieves integration at a semantic level by using an existing global ontology to develop semantic mappings among resources and resolve inconsistencies. The method is incorporated in a graphical integration tool. The integrated models provide a coherent picture of an enterprise and enable its resources to be accessed and modified coherently.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"146 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133914337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interschema knowledge in cooperative information","authors":"Tiziana Catarci, Maurizio Lenzerini","doi":"10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICIS.1993.291770","url":null,"abstract":"Managing interschema knowledge is an essential task when dealing with cooperative information systems. We propose a logical approach to the problem of both expressing interschema knowledge, and reasoning about it. In particular, we set up a logical language for expressing semantic interdependencies between, classes belonging to different database schemas, and show that reasoning over such interdependencies is decidable. This yields the possibility of building a logic-based module that can, draw useful inferences whenever the need arises of both checking coherence between the knowledge represented in different schemas, and answering queries posed to the cooperative information systems.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":270352,"journal":{"name":"[1993] Proceedings International Conference on Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems","volume":"691 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133630726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}