Industrial Agents explains how multi-agent systems improve collaborative networks to offer
dynamic service changes, customization, improved quality and reliability, and flexible …

Abstract The Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI) is a journal of very high
repute in the domain of Engineering and Computer Science. This paper gives a broad view …

The 'human activity approach'to the study of travel behaviour represents a synthesis of
concepts and analytic approaches partially drawn from several subdisciplines concerned …

A new approach for conceptualizing and modeling multi-agent systems that consist of
people, devices, and software agents. Today, when computing is pervasive and deployed …

Human resources (HRs) as the most important asset of any organizations play a significant
role in their success; but, HR virtualization and sharing her/his knowledge and skills was not …

This article describes how the Internet of Things (IoT) and its smart objects will be the
fundamental building blocks for the creation of smart pervasive systems. Precision …

Model-driven engineering (MDE), implicitly based upon meta-model principles, is gaining
more and more attention in software systems due to its inherent benefits. Its use normally …

This paper addresses a gap in handling multi-agent business processes that has prevented
their larger-scale adoption in practice: the lack of a conceptual modeling approach that is …

The development of accurate models for cyber-physical systems (CPSs) is hampered by the
complexity of these systems, fundamental differences in the operation of cyber and physical …

State-based testing is a challenging area in the software testing field. This paper proposes a
set of algorithms to generate test cases from a state chart diagram based on various …