Environment is an essential part of any multi-agent system (MAS), since it provides the surrounding conditions for agents to exist. For some sort of systems, the environment can be...
Rodrigo B. de Paes, Gustavo R. de Carvalho, Ma&iac...
We present a simulation model used to evaluate a distributed search engine by modelling its performance. The model is designed to aid performance-driven evolution of the system. W...
Thomas Phelan, Ahmed Patel, Seamus O. Ciardhu&aacu...
Networked constellations are often formed to provide commercial IT services by leveraging the Internet technology. The provision of IT services should remain scalable, meaning tha...
Due to the increasing penetration of mobile phones even into poor communities, mobile payment schemes could bring formal financial services to the "unbanked". However, b...
Indrani Medhi, S. N. Nagasena Gautama, Kentaro Toy...
The demand for quickly delivering new applications is increasingly becoming a business imperative today. Application development is often done in an ad hoc manner, without standar...
Vikas Agarwal, Koustuv Dasgupta, Neeran M. Karnik,...