Representational autonomy is a key property of an artificial agent. The type of representational structures and the role they play in the preservation of an agent's autonomy a...
Argyris Arnellos, Spyros Vosinakis, Thomas Spyrou,...
This paper describes a mobile agent platform, Secure Mobile Agent Platform (SECMAP), and its security infrastructure. Unlike other agent systems, SECMAP proposes a new agent model,...
Mobile agents provide an effective and flexible style to develop advanced distributed systems. In order to promote interoperability and ensure the quality of mobile agent systems,...
Junhua Ding, Dianxiang Xu, Yi Deng, Peter J. Clark...
The abstractions and protocol mechanisms that form the basis for inter-agent communications can significantly impact the overall design and effectiveness of Mobile Agent systems. W...
Mudumbai Ranganathan, Marc Bednarek, Doug Montgome...
This paper presents a census of 147 virtual agents, by examining and reporting on their physical and demographical characteristics. The study shows that the vast majority of agent...