We embark on an initial study of a new class of strategic (normal-form) games, so-called ranking games, in which the payoff to each agent solely depends on his position in a ranki...
We present a formalism for representing the formation of intentions by agents engaged in cooperative activity. We use a syntactic approach presenting a formal logical calculus tha...
The notion of maintenance often appears in the AI literature in the context of agent behavior and planning. In this paper, we argue that earlier characterizations of the notion of...
Ateamis a uniqueexampleof collection of agentsheld in dynamicandfunctional relationships overbrief periods of time by mutualbelief and joint commitment.Thecentral hypothesis in th...
The most recent advances of artificial life research are opening up a new frontier: the creation of simulated life environments populated by autonomous agents. In several cases a n...