The concept of "agent" has been used to describe many different artefacts: software programs, mobile robots, or even human beings. In a system consisting of many agents, ...
: A Virtual Enterprise (VE) can be described as an organisational form that emerges when individual entities form a team of partners to achieve a specific goal. The ability to asse...
Recently, two advances in agent-oriented software engineering have had a significant impact: the identification of interaction and coordination as the central focus of multi-agent ...
Abstract. The availability of massive amounts of biological data, distributed in various data sources, has prompted the development of a wide range of data analysis tools. However,...
Modern software control systems must cope with uncertainty, manage dynamic environments, as well as provide greater flexibility. Distributed agent-based control systems are the id...