Abstract--In the network-centric computing era, applications often involve sets of autonomous, unpredictable, and possibly mobile entities interacting within open, dynamic, and pos...
The increasing number of competitors and the growing traffic demand are the main factors pushing for a more dynamic and flexible service demand allocation mechanism. Human interac...
In the realization of agent-based applications the developer generally needs to use heterogeneous agent architectures, so that each application component can optimally perform its...
The consistency issues have been well studied in term of methodologies and technologies for the most popular interaction paradigm, namely the client-server. In the agent's wo...
— Industry is more and more interested in executing business functions that span multiple applications. This demands high-levels of interoperability and a more flexible and adapt...