In a multi-agent system, agents must decide what to do and by what order. Autonomy is a key notion in such a system, since it is mainly the autonomy of the agents that makes the en...
The concept of stigmergy provides a simple framework for interaction and coordination in multi-agent systems. However, determining the global system behavior that will arise from ...
We present black-box techniques for learning how to interleave the execution of multiple heuristics in order to improve average-case performance. In our model, a user is given a s...
Matthew J. Streeter, Daniel Golovin, Stephen F. Sm...
The World-Wide Web is developing very fast. Currently, nding useful information on the Web is a time consuming process. In this paper, we present WebMate, an agent that helps user...
The effective management of knowledge is critical for organizations that are striving to gain or maintain a competitive advantage and that are in the process of re-structuring for...