Coalition formation is a key topic in multi–agent systems (mas). Coalitions enable agents to achieve goals that they may not have been able to achieve independently, and encoura...
Several agent-oriented software engineering methodologies address the emerging challenges posed by the increasing need of adaptive software. A common denominator of such methodolo...
BDI (Belief, Desire, Intention) agent systems are very powerful, but they lack the ability to incorporate planning. There has been some previous work to incorporate planning withi...
Commitment-modeled protocols enable flexible and robust interactions among agents. However, existing work has focused on features and capabilities of protocols without considerin...
There has been a significant increase in interest and participation in social networking websites recently. For many users, social networks are indispensable tools for sharing pe...