Started in the beginning of 2001, the Semantic Web is regarded by many as the next generation of the Web. Ontology languages are the building blocks of Semantic Web as they provid...
Jin Song Dong, Yuzhang Feng, Yuan-Fang Li, Jun Sun...
Two main issues need to be covered when dealing with the dependability of component-based systems: quality assurance of reusable software components and quality assurance of the a...
Henry Muccini, Marcio S. Dias, Debra J. Richardson
Floating point arithmetic is a subject all too often ignored, yet, for agent-based models in particular, it has the potential to create misleading results, and even to influence e...
J. Gareth Polhill, Luis R. Izquierdo, Nicholas Mar...
Designing electronic markets is still a rather intricate process. eNegotiation - and thereby trading rules - embody the core of the institution ”electronic market”. Although s...
In open, dynamic multi-agent systems, agents may form short-term ad-hoc groups, such as coalitions, in order to meet their goals. Trust and reputation are crucial concepts in thes...