In this paper we face a problem for chemical processes in a production system; items should undergo chemical reactions in different baths to be processed by the system. Recipes f...
The growth of commercial activities across networks has led to the network itself becoming a competitive marketplace with a multitude of vendors, operators and customers. In such a...
This paper describes and evaluates three methods for coordinating multiple agents. These agents interact in two ways. First, they are able to work together to achieve a common poo...
Steve A. Chien, Anthony Barrett, Tara A. Estlin, G...
Abstract. In open agent societies, communication protocols and strategies cannot be assumed to always match perfectly, because they are typically specified by different designers...
Ulrich Endriss, Wenjin Lu, Nicolas Maudet, Kostas ...
— Delegating the coordination role to proxy agents can improve the overall outcome of the task at the expense of cognitive overload due to switching subtasks. Stability and commi...