In recent developments, norms have become important entities that are considered in agent-based systems’ designs. Norms are not only able to organize and coordinate the actions and behaviour of agents but have a direct impact on the achievement of agents’ goals. Consequently, an agent in a multiagent system requires a mechanism that detects specific norms for adoption while rejecting others. Th...

The mobile ad-hoc network consists of energy constraint devices called nodes communicating through radio signals forming a temporary network i.e. nodes are continuously switching from one network to another. To minimize the power consumption, we form the clusters with an elected cluster head (Service Provider) based on any cluster head selection strategy. As the topology of this network is time...

Traditional cybersecurity risk assessment is reactive and based on business risk assessment approach. The 2014 NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides businesses with an organizational tool to catalog cybersecurity efforts and areas that need additional support. As part of an on-going effort to develop a holistic, predictive cyber security risk assessment model, the characterization of human fact...