People can interact much more readily with a multi-agent system if they can understand it in cognitive terms. Modern work on “BDI agents” emphasizes explicit representation of ...
This chapter addresses the problem of producing and maintaining progress in agent design. New architectures often hold important insights into the problems of designing intelligenc...
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,...
Several problems are involved in the Virtual Enterprise (VE) formation process. One of the most important problems is the lack of understanding that may arise during agents’ int...
Contradiction is often seen as a defect of intelligent systems and a dangerous limitation on efficiency. In this paper we raise the question of whether, on the contrary, it could ...