Interaction refers to an abstract and intangible concept. In modelling, intangible concepts can be embodied and made explicit. This allows to manipulate the abstractions and to bui...
Abstract. In all user-centred agent-based applications, for instance in the context of ambient computing, the user agent is often faced to a difficult trade-off between the protect...
The rational agent community uses Michael Bratman's planning theory of intention as its theoretical foundation for the development of its agentoriented BDI languages. We prese...
Electronic institutions (EIs) have been proposed as a means of regulating open agent societies. EIs define the rules of the game in agent societies by fixing what agents are permit...
Abstract. We study the problem of checking the competence of communicative agents operating in a global society in order to receive and offer electronic services. Such a society wi...