Abstract. Software engineering describes a system at different levels of abstraction. Agent-oriented software engineering introduces a new level, called the agent level, to allow t...
Abstract. We introduce an integrated approach to the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of a MAS (multi-agent system) which is based on sociological concepts of pract...
In recent years, there are many educational systems which incorporate the agents such as pedagogical agents and peer agents, as a means to realize the teaching, coaching and suppo...
This paper presents a theoretical and practical framework for constructing and reasoning about mobile agents. The framework is formulated as a process calculus and has two contrib...
In this study of eight outsourcing projects, we seek to understand the mechanisms that companies put in place to coordinate knowledge work across their boundaries. We find that m...