Abstract. Just as cooperation in multi-agent systems is a central issue for solving complex tasks, so too is the ability for an intelligent agent to reason about combined knowledge...
The venerable problem solving technique of simulation finds itself inthe midstof a revolution. Where once it was regarded as a "technique of last resort" for systems ana...
Richard M. Weatherly, Annette L. Wilson, Bradford ...
The trend towards highly specialized solution providers cooperatively offering configurable products and services to their customers requires the extension of current (standalone)...
Alexander Felfernig, Gerhard Friedrich, Dietmar Ja...
Real-world, multiple-typed objects are often interconnected, forming heterogeneous information networks. A major challenge for link-based clustering in such networks is its potent...
Existing task allocation algorithms generally do not consider the effects of task interaction, such as interference, but instead assume that tasks are independent. That assumptio...