Agent-based approaches in application development seem to meet the requirements of adaptability, scalability, decentralization, and flexibility imposed by complex software systems....
The individual agents that interact in a multi-agent system typically exist along a continuum ranging from heavyweight cognitive agents (often of the "BDI" type) to light...
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Paul Nielsen, Sven Brueckner,...
An increasing number of applications have been developed for supporting network communities. The authors have developed Community Organizer, which supports people in forming new ne...
Sen Yoshida, Koji Kamei, Takeshi Ohguro, Kazuhiro ...
Existing middleware platforms for multi-agent systems (MAS) do not provide general support for observation. On the other hand, observation is considered to be an important mechani...
Joonas Kesaniemi, Artem Katasonov, Vagan Y. Terziy...
Behind the curtains at check-in desks in airports hide some of the most complex material handling systems, which manage to get your bag transported to the correct departure gate of...