The primary target of this work is human-robot collaboration, especially for service robots in complicated application scenarios. Three assumptions and four requirements are ident...
Xiaoping Chen, Jianmin Ji, Jiehui Jiang, Guoqiang ...
Our goal in this paper is to introduce and motivate a methodology, called Tropos,1 for building agent oriented software systems. Tropos is based on two key ideas. First, the notion...
Paolo Bresciani, Anna Perini, Paolo Giorgini, Faus...
Abstract-- In this seminal paper, we sketch a general conceptual framework for self-organising systems (SOSs) that encompasses both stigmergy and MAS coordination, and potentially ...
Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli, Cr...
Taking care of an elderly in loss of cognitive autonomy is a challenging task. Artificial agents, such as the Telehealth Smart Home (TSH) system can facilitate that task. However,...
Abstract. This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents in large scale open systems in particular. The fo...
Jigar Patel, W. T. Luke Teacy, Nicholas R. Jenning...