Multi-agent systems (MAS) is an accepted paradigm in safety-critical systems, like the production automation. Agents control the underlying machinery they are representing and int...
We describe a VRML/Java-based virtual environment that is populated with heterogeneous articulated agents. In this simulated environment, agents compete for collecting certain obj...
This paper deals with privacy-preserving (pseudonymized) access to a service resource. In such a scenario, two opposite needs seem to emerge. On one side, the service provider may...
Giuseppe Bianchi, M. Bonola, Vincenzo Falletta, Fr...
This paper presents our ongoing research activity to design and implement a framework for an networked virtual environment (NVE) that efficiently supports both hardware and softwa...
In this paper, we survey three generation of reflective middleware research carried out at Lancaster University, present experiences gained from this research, and highlight a num...