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ICMAS
1998
15 years 5 months ago
A Market Protocol for Decentralized Task Allocation
We present a decentralized, asynchronous market protocol for allocating and scheduling tasks among agents that contend for scarce resources, constrained by a hierarchical task dep...
William E. Walsh, Michael P. Wellman
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ATAL
2005
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Formalization of a voting protocol for virtual organizations
A voting protocol for decision-making in virtual organizations is presented. In an agent-based virtual organization the functions of formation, management and dissolution of the o...
Jeremy V. Pitt, Lloyd Kamara, Marek J. Sergot, Ale...
107
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WEBNET
2001
15 years 5 months ago
Using Online Tools to Enhance Classrooms: A Case Study with MaSH (Making Serendipity Happen)
: The middle ground between distance learning and standard-issue classroom education is ripe for exploration. In particular, the Open Directory Project shows that groups of people ...
Dan Cosley
KI
2008
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Learning by Observing: Case-Based Decision Making in Complex Strategy Games
Abstract. There is a growing research interest in the design of competitive and adaptive Game AI for complex computer strategy games. In this paper, we present a novel approach for...
Darko Obradovic, Armin Stahl
152
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ATAL
2010
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Bootstrapping trust evaluations through stereotypes
In open, dynamic multi-agent systems, agents may form short-term ad-hoc groups, such as coalitions, in order to meet their goals. Trust and reputation are crucial concepts in thes...
Chris Burnett, Timothy J. Norman, Katia P. Sycara