Free/libre open source software (FLOSS, e.g., Linux or Apache) is primarily developed by distributed teams. Developers contribute from around the world and coordinate their activi...
Distributed Constraint Optimization (DCOP) is a key technique for solving multiagent coordination problems. Unfortunately, finding minimal-cost DCOP solutions is NP-hard. We there...
Abstract. Team automata provide a framework for capturing notions like coordination, colon, and cooperation in distributed systems. They consist of an abstract specification of com...
Maurice H. ter Beek, Clarence A. Ellis, Jetty Klei...
We present a mechanism for collaboration and coordination amongst agents in multi-agent societies seeking social equity. This mechanism allows to compute egalitarian allocations of...
Abstract. Computer-supported collaborative knowledge creation is the continuous process of development of knowledge assets, where produced knowledge has to be assessed by the devel...