The agent view provides maybe the right level of abstraction for dealing with complex, distribblem-solving systems. It abstracts from aspects like the hardware or software platfor...
In recent times a new kind of computing system has emerged: a distributed infrastructure composed of multiple physical sites in different administrative domains. This model introd...
Stephen Childs, Marco Emilio Poleggi, Charles Loom...
Financial efficiency is the premier performance measure for most systems. Existing economic ecosystems for distribution of multimedia leave a lot to be desired: client-server plat...
Multiagent systems have become popular over the last few years for building complex, adaptive systems in a distributed, heterogeneous setting. Multiagent systems tend to be more r...
Scott A. DeLoach, Walamitien H. Oyenan, Eric T. Ma...
The agent paradigm includes the notion that agents interact with services. This paper identifies the need for controlled access to such services, from the perspective of agent sys...
Benno J. Overeinder, P. D. Verkaik, Frances M. T. ...