An autonomic system is structured as a network of autonomic elements that collaborate to achieve the system’s purpose. This paper examines the potential benefit of using well-es...
David W. Bustard, Roy Sterritt, A. Taleb-Bendiab, ...
The Mobile Agents model-based, distributed architecture, which integrates diverse components in a system for lunar and planetary surface operations, was extensively tested in a tw...
William J. Clancey, Maarten Sierhuis, Rich Alena, ...
Conflict resolution is a critical problem in distributed and collaborative multi-agent systems. Negotiation via argumentation (NVA), where agents provide explicit arguments or ju...
In this paper, we describe the unique security issues involved in healthcare domains. These have been addressed to the needs of the HealthAgents project. In the proposed approach,...
Decision-making is a crucial aspect of emergency response during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). MCIs require rapid decisions to be taken by geographically-dispersed teams in an en...
Shizhuo Zhu, Joanna Abraham, Sharoda A. Paul, Madh...