Reliable storage of large amounts of data is always a delicate issue. Availability, efficiency, data integrity, and confidentiality are some features a data backup system should...
Auctions are proposed as a distributed negotiation mean, particularly useful in multiagent systems where both cooperative and self-interested agents compete for resources and serv...
This paper describes an algorithm, called CQ-learning, which learns to adapt the state representation for multi-agent systems in order to coordinate with other agents. We propose ...
In this study, a new Genetic Algorithm (GA) using the Tabu · Local Search mechanism is proposed. The GA described in this paper is considered a Mega Process GA, which has an effe...
This paper asks the question: how might CSCW system design obtain and be informed by an adequate real-world, real-time understanding of work and organisation on any occasion of wor...