Thing-oriented programming (TP) is an emerging programming model which overcomes some of the limitations of current practice in software development in general and of object-oriented programming (OOP) in particular. Ercatons provide an implementation of the model. TP does not describe a new programming language. The so-called “ercato virtual machine” or “ercato engine” implements the ideas disc...

Object-oriented programming has been used for building intelligent agents, with the limitation it cannot represent complex mental attitudes. With logic programming it is possible to represent and infer relationships among mental attitudes such as intentions, goals and beliefs, with limitations in the usage of capabilities of action. This paper presents two alternatives for integrating object-or...

In this paper, we present a new programming model targeted to collaborative business process integration applications. This model is based on the object-oriented technology, but elevates the programming model to cover a new breed of business applications that are currently evolving. These applications are differentiated by their strong emphasis on “collaborations” in which a set of “collaborato...

This paper describes the concept of language oriented programming which is a novel way of organising the development of a large software system, leading to a different structure for the finished product. The approach starts by developing a formally specified, domain-oriented, very high-level language which is designed to be well-suited to developing “this kind of program”. The development proce...

A new Agent-Oriented Programming (AOP) language called A++ is introduced in this research for developing agent-based distributed systems. In this work, agent-oriented programming is defined as a programming method with characteristics of distribution, autonomy, concurrency, and mobility. Both agents and objects can be modeled in A++. In addition to data and methods that can be defined in object...

This paper reviews some programming techniques in R that have proved useful, particularly for substantial projects. These include several versions of object-oriented programming, used in a large number of R packages. The review tries to clarify the origins and ideas behind the various versions, each of which is valuable in the appropriate context. R has also been strongly influenced by the idea...

Delocalized variable plans pose problems for novice programmers trying to read and write programs. Variable-oriented programming is a programming paradigm that emphasizes the importance of variablerelated schemas and brings actions pertaining to each variable together in one place in program code. This paper revisits the idea of variableoriented programming and shows how it can be founded on ro...

Concurrent object-oriented programming is becoming an important programming paradigm in real-time system implementations, because it can e ectively integrate object-oriented programming, concurrent processing, and distributed processing. As run-time e ciency and program maintainability are strongly required in real-time systems, elaborated tuning is required both in application system design an...