With the advent of System-On-Chip (SOC) technology, there is a pressing need to enhance the quality of ools available and increase the level of abstraction at which hardware is des...
Abstract. A strong research emphasis is being given towards regulating interoperable multi-agent environments through norms and institutions. We are concerned with environments in ...
Abstract. The vision of agents working together on the Internet, in virtual organizations, is one that is increasingly common. However, one of the issues is the regulation of the p...
Carles Sierra, John Thangarajah, Lin Padgham, Mich...
We show how protocols can be derived from norms using landmarks. The resulting protocols can be used by agents to fulfill the norms governing an e-institution without having to h...
Huib Aldewereld, Frank Dignum, John-Jules Ch. Meye...
This paper proposes the use of reliable group communication as a complement to traditional asynchronous messaging in multi-agent systems. In particular, the mechanism of message p...