Component-based software construction is widely used in a variety of applications, from embedded environments to grid computing. However, errors in these applications and systems ...
— We present an ant-based algorithm for spatially sorting objects into an annular structure. The model is minimal, as it requires only stochastic ant behaviour coupled with a phe...
Swarms of microscopic organisms are well known in nature and have been shown to exhibit many unexpected collective behaviours. We model a swarm of artificial animats in a model wh...
This paper contributes to the analysis of the question how altruistic behaviour can be in an agent’s own interest. The question is addressed by involving a temporal dimension in ...
Tibor Bosse, Martijn C. Schut, Jan Treur, David We...
This article describes an ontological model of norms. The basic assumption is that a substantial part of a legal system is grounded on the concept of agency. Since a legal system a...