Conflict resolution is a critical problem in distributed and collaborative multi-agent systems. Negotiation via argumentation (NVA), where agents provide explicit arguments or ju...
Autonomous robots, such as robot office couriers, need navigation routines that support flexible task execution and effective action planning. This paper describes XFRMLEARN, a s...
This paper addresses the issue of designing embodied conversational agents that exhibit appropriate posture shifts during dialogues with human users. Previous research has noted t...
Justine Cassell, Yukiko I. Nakano, Timothy W. Bick...
Abstract The last edition of CLIMA, held in 2001 in Paphos (Cyprus) ended with a panel session on the role of Computational Logic (CL) in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). Two dimensions ...
Scheduling problems are usually treated within single plant environments or within companies with several production locations. Due to the globalization of markets companies can no...