This paper proposes a simple framework for building 'virtual networking agents'; programs that can communicate with users and collect information through the internet. T...
In multi-agent systems, agents need to share information in order to make good decisions. Who does what in order to achieve this matters a lot. The assignment of responsibility in...
Tim Harbers, Rajiv T. Maheswaran, Pedro A. Szekely
In the absence of a single module interface standard, integration of pre-designed modules in System-on-Chip design often requires the use of protocol converters. Existing approach...
Karin Avnit, Vijay D'Silva, Arcot Sowmya, S. Rames...
Abstract. The newscast model is a general approach for communication in large agent-based distributed systems. The two basic services— membership management and information disse...
We present a novel approach to interaction-oriented programming based on declaratively representing communication protocols. Our approach exhibits the following distinguishing fea...