In this paper, we describe our experience with collecting and creating an annotated corpus of multi-party online conversations in a chat-room environment. This effort is part of a...
Although several wide-spread internet applications (e.g., job-referral services, dating services) can benefit from online matchmaking, protocols defined over the past two decade...
Despite recent advances in trust relationship control mechanisms, issues remain that impede the development of effective trust models. One of these is the lack of dynamic mechanis...
This paper proposes a new planning architecture for agents operating in uncertain and dynamic environments. Decisiontheoretic planning has been recognized as a useful tool for rea...
ended abstract summarizes the research presented in Dr. Pardoe’s recently-completed Ph.D. thesis [Pardoe 2011]. The thesis considers how adaptive trading agents can take advantag...