In this paper we propose a framework for decentralized model-based diagnosis of complex systems modeled with qualitative constraints and whose models are distributed among their s...
Abstract: Contemporary business applications often employ a process layer in order to coordinate automated activities. One option to build such a layer is to use a workflow manage...
Stefan Kleine Stegemann, Burkhardt Funk, Thomas Sl...
We present economically augmented job shop scheduling (EJSP) as an example of a coordination problem among selfinterested agents with private information. We discuss its signific...
While tourism presents considerable potential for the use of new mobile technologies, we currently have little understanding of how tourists organise their activities or of the pro...
Simulation models provide a powerful tool for the analysis of manufacturing systems, but their utility beyond the design stage of the system life cycle is hampered by the high cos...