Objects, Agents, and Features International Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, February 16-21, 2003, Revised and Invited Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ryan, Mark D. (Editor), Meyer, John-Jules Ch (Editor), Ehrich, Hans-Dieter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2975
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Computer programming.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Programming Techniques.; Software Engineering.; Computer Communication Networks.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

Table of Contents:

• Objects, Agents, and Features: An Introduction
• Coordinating Agents in OO
• On Feature Orientation and on Requirements Encapsulation Using Families of Requirements
• Detecting Feature Interactions: How Many Components Do We Need?
• Software Evolution through Dynamic Adaptation of Its OO Design
• Modelling and Analysis of Agents’ Goal-Driven Behavior Using Graph Transformation
• Giving Life to Agent Interactions
• Organising Computation through Dynamic Grouping
• Adding Features to Component-Based Systems
• Components, Features, and Agents in the ABC
• Towards a Formal Specification for the AgentComponent
• Policies: Giving Users Control over Calls
• Agents and Coordination Artifacts for Feature Engineering.