This paper describes an analysis of benevolent agents in multiagent systems (MAS). We first present a definition and motivation for benevolence that is appropriate for MAS. We the...
Defeat mechanisms are strategies for achieving victory over an opponent. Although defeat mechanisms often rely on influencing the opponent psychologically and emotionally, most si...
This paper presents a simulation study on complex On-Line Transaction Processing systems using TPC-C workload. The impacts on the response time of Inter-Connection Network (ICN) i...
Self-organizing systems could serve as a solution for many technical problems where properties like robustness, scalability, and adaptability are required. However, despite all the...
Simulation-based training in complex decision making often requires ample personnel for playing various roles (e.g. team mates, adversaries). Using intelligent agents may diminish ...
Karel van den Bosch, Maaike Harbers, Annerieke Heu...