In the last years, distributed coordinator-free systems, e.g., peerto-peer systems (P2P systems), have attracted much interest among researchers and practitioners. In these system...
We consider the problem of dialogue adaptation in our Smart Personal Assistant (SPA), which uses a plan-based dialogue model. We present a novel way of integrating learning into a...
This paper presents the key features of a new negotiation model for autonomous agents. The model is generic, handles multi-party and multi-issue negotiation, acknowledges the role...
Fernando Lopes, Augusto Q. Novais, Nuno J. Mamede,...
This paper demonstrates a biologically- and psychologicallyinspired human-like computational memory focusing on the retrieval mechanisms – Spreading Activation and Compound Cue ...
Stigmergy (the coordination of agents through signs they make and sense in a shared environment) was originally articulated in the study of social insects. Its basic processes are ...