Abstract. Electronic markets, dispute resolution and negotiation protocols are three types of application domain that can be viewed as open agent systems. Members of such systems a...
Software agents' ability to interact within different open systems, designed by different groups, presupposes an agreement on an unambiguous definition of a set of concepts, ...
The systemic theory associates open systems and complexity closely. This article presents a particular articulation between these two concepts using the Systemion Model. Two types ...
Environment is an essential part of any multi-agent system (MAS), since it provides the surrounding conditions for agents to exist. For some sort of systems, the environment can be...
Rodrigo B. de Paes, Gustavo R. de Carvalho, Ma&iac...
Agents can freely migrate among open MASs in order to obtain resources or services not found locally. In this scenario, agent actions should be guided for avoiding unexpected behav...