Abstract. In this paper the author presents three approaches to parallel Tabu Search, applied to several instances of the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with soft Time Windows...
In this paper we propose a conceptual model of virtual organizations as normative multiagent systems. The dynamic aspects of virtual organizations are modeled using aspects of spe...
Guido Boella, Joris Hulstijn, Leendert W. N. van d...
In this paper we propose an efficient key agreement protocol suite for heterogeneous mobile ad-hoc groups, whose members use mobile devices with different performance limitations...
Presently, there is no satisfactory model for dealing with political autonomy of agents in policy based management. A theory of atomic policy units called ‘promises’ is therefo...
We describe a policy language and implement its associated proof checking system. In our system, agents can distribute data along with usage policies in a decentralized architectu...
J. G. Cederquist, Ricardo Corin, M. A. C. Dekker, ...