The Object-Oriented paradigm approaches the software development by representing real world entities into classes of software objects. Interactions between classes can be captured by patterns. A pattern language is a collection of patterns composed to solve a complex design problem. This paper presents a collection of object-oriented design patterns structured to form a pattern language for Rol...

This paper presents a proposed extension to the object oriented paradigm, whereby software objects are not only responsible for the encapsulation of data, but are also aware of the sensitivity of that data. Those software objects which encapsulate sensitive information will actively defend both their sensitive data and their functionality. These self-defending objects use object level role base...

In this paper, we propose a modeling paradigm that uses fuzzy sets to represent concepts on which control modules of a behavior-based autonomous robot operate. The primitives defined in the modeling paradigm are expressive enough to represent the knowledge needed by planning, coordination, and reactive control of a multi-robot control system. At the same time, it provides a wellfounded tool to ...

Goal-directed behavior requires cognitive control to effect online adjustments in response to ongoing processing demands. How signaling for these adjustments occurs has been a question of much interest. A basic question regarding the architecture of the cognitive control system is whether such signaling for control is specific to task context or generalizes across contexts. In this study, we ex...

The manufacturing process in a Virtual Enterprise (VE) is a more complex task than in the single integrated enterprise case. We are proposing an architectural systematisation of the manufacturing and control structures in a VE, in the context of business processes and highlevel planning. For the Information Technology (IT) integration of the VE, we propose the mobile agent paradigm, defining th...

HE MULTIPLIER MODEL of the money supply, originally developed by Brunner (1961) and Brunner and Meltzer (1964), has become the standard paradigm in macroeconomics and money and banking textbooks to explain how the policy actions of the Federal Reserve influence the money stock. It also has been used in empirical analyses of money stock control and the impact of monetary policy actions on other ...

In this paper, we investigate a control strategy of synthesized interaction-sounds. The framework of our research is based on the action/object paradigm that considers that sounds result from an action on an object. This paradigm presumes that there exists some sound invariants, i.e. perceptually relevant signal morphologies that carry information about the action or the object. Some of these a...

This paper describes the DISCO DEVELOPMENT SHELL, which serves as a basic tool for the integration of natural language components in the DISCO project, and its application in the COSMA system, a Cooperative Schedule Management Agent. Following an object oriented architectural model we introduce a two-step approach, where in the first phase the architecture is developed independently of specific...

We present a detailed examination of the dynamic access control challenges for a nomadic health grid with the aim of achieving optimal access rights for each of the involved principals. We derive general requirements for the expressiveness of access challenges and propose criteria for a more suitable access control mechanism in the context of nomadic health grid applications. The results are ba...

The commoditization of key processing components coupled with virtualization of infrastructure functions will lead to a radical change in the economics of mobile networks. The latter will help network providers (e.g., MNO, MVNO) move from proprietary hardware and software platforms towards open and flexible cellular systems based on general-purpose cloud infrastructures. In this context, 5G sys...