This paper presents the key features of a new negotiation model for autonomous agents. The model is generic, handles multi-party and multi-issue negotiation, acknowledges the role...
Fernando Lopes, Augusto Q. Novais, Nuno J. Mamede,...
Applications that operate in highly dynamic environments must deal with real-time changes of circumstances in order to be consistent and coherent. In this work, we propose an exten...
We control a population of interacting software agents. The agents have a strategy, and receive a payoff for executing that strategy. Unsuccessful agents become extinct. We investi...
Cropping systems models have evolved over the last four decades in response to the demand for modeling to address more complex questions, including issues on sustainable productio...
Cheryl H. Porter, J. W. Jones, S. Adiku, A. J. Gij...
This paper discusses a novel distributed adaptive algorithm and representation used to construct populations of adaptive Web agents. These InfoSpiders browse networked information ...