Abstract. In order to construct and deploy massively multiagent systems, we must address one of the fundamental issues of distributed systems, the possibility of partial failures. ...
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...
This article presents a multi-agent dialogue system. We show how a collection of relatively simple agents is able to treat complex dialogue phenomena and deal successfully with di...
Hugo Pinto, Yorick Wilks, Roberta Catizone, Alexie...
Business matching and collaboration support systems are useful, in particular for small-and-medium companies. Most of them developed so far are based on the server-client architect...
There is a need for research on the scientific base and engineering requirements for building trustworthy systems in dynamic environments. To address this need, we study risk analy...