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COLLABORATION
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
A Service-Oriented Negotiation Model between Autonomous Agents
Abstract. We present a formal model of negotiation between autonomous agents. The purpose of the negotiation is to reach an agreement about the provision of a service by one agent ...
Carles Sierra, Peyman Faratin, Nicholas R. Jenning...
COLLABORATION
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Shifting the Focus from Control to Communication: the STReams OBjects Environments Model of Communicating Agents
The paper presents the computational model underlying new agent communication languages. The model, called STROBE, has been identified and two prototypical languages inspired by th...
Stefano A. Cerri
CIA
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
A Similarity Evaluation Technique for Cooperative Problem Solving with a Group of Agents
Abstract. Evaluations of distances or similarity measurements are very important in cooperative problem solving with multiple agents. Distance between problems is used by agents to...
Seppo Puuronen, Vagan Y. Terziyan
CIA
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
GETESS - Searching the Web Exploiting German Texts
Abstract. We present an intelligent information agent that uses semantic methods and natural language processing capabilites in order to gather tourist information from the WWW and...
Steffen Staab, Christian Braun, Ilvio Bruder, Antj...
CIA
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Mobile-Agent Mediated Place Oriented Communication
When we communicate with others in a most primitive way like face-to-face conversation, we normally gather at a common physical place. This physical constraint has been recognized ...
Yasuhiko Kitamura, Yasuhiro Mawarimichi, Shoji Tat...
CIA
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Digital City Kyoto: Towards a Social Information Infrastructure
This paper proposes the concept of digital cities as a social information infrastructure for urban life (including shopping, business, transportation, education, welfare and so on)...
Toru Ishida, Jun-ichi Akahani, Kaoru Hiramatsu, Ka...
CEEMAS
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Agent Factory: Towards Social Robots
This paper advocates the application of multi-agent techniques in the realisation of social robotic behaviour. We present the Social Robot Architecture, which integrates the key e...
Gregory M. P. O'Hare, Brian R. Duffy, Rem W. Colli...
ATAL
1999
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Incorporating Uncertainty in Agent Commitments
Abstract. Commitments play a central role in multi-agent coordination. However, they are inherently uncertain and it is important to take these uncertainties into account during pl...
Ping Xuan, Victor R. Lesser