We present a formal framework of an autonomous agent as a collection of coordinated control loops, with a recurring sense, plan, act cycle. Our framework manages the information f...
Since real-time search provides an attractive framework for resource-bounded problem solving, this paper extends the framework for autonomous agents and for a multiagent world. To ...
An autonomic system is a system capable of managing itself and adjusting its actions in the face of environmental changes. Autonomic systems are currently developed using ad-hoc ap...
Ubiquitous computing and communication environments connect systems and people in unprecedented ways, but also fundamentally challenge the mindset of traditional systems engineeri...