In this paper, we present a new solution for the implementation of flexible protection mechanisms in the context of mobile agent systems, where security problems are currently a ...
Multi-agent systems have proven to be a powerful technology for building complex distributed applications. However, the process of designing, configuring and deploying agent-based...
Csongor Nyulas, Martin J. O'Connor, Samson W. Tu, ...
We present an argument-based qualitative decision-making framework in which the social values promoted or demoted by alternative action-options are explicitly represented. We show...
Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Katie Atkinson, Peter Mc...
We adopt the decision-theoretic principle of expected utility maximization as a paradigm for designing autonomous rational agents, and present a framework that uses this paradigm t...
Many agents are fielded within environments requiring modeling traditional organizational structures such as military hierarchies and corporations, with their associated authority...
Marcus J. Huber, Sanjeev Kumar, David McGee, Sean ...