The open-source framework AKIRA integrates Multiagent and Pandemonium elements. We describe the main components of the framework, showing that the hybrid nature of the Agents, hav...
Giovanni Pezzulo, Gianguglielmo Calvi, Rino Falcon...
The goal of this paper is to explore the effects of synchronization on distributed decision making processes. In particular, we examine the dynamics of a spatially distributed mul...
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,...
In this paper we present the Behaviosite Paradigm, a new approach to coordination and control of distributed agents in a multiagent system, inspired by biological parasites with b...
Amit Shabtay, Zinovi Rabinovich, Jeffrey S. Rosens...
This paper studies argumentation-based dialogues between agents. It takes a previously defined system by which agents can trade arguments and examines the outcomes of the dialogu...