or cone, abstraction is chosen to represent a spectrum of user inputs/requirements that are narrowed, refined, and structured into a system design. User inputs require refinement f...
K. Suzanne Barber, Thomas J. Graser, Paul Grisham,...
In this paper we apply a general account of practical reasoning to arguing about legal cases. In particular, we describe how the reasoning in one very well known property law case...
Katie Atkinson, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Peter Mc...
Abstract. So far, the main focus of research on adaptability in multiagent systems (MASs) has been on the agents’ behavior, for example on developing new learning techniques and ...
Alexander Helleboogh, Tom Holvoet, Danny Weyns, Yo...
Abstract. Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (DCSP) is a general framework for multi-agent coordination and conflict resolution. In most DCSP algorithms, inter-agent com...
Abstract. The agent-oriented approach has been successfully applied to the solution of complex problems in dynamic open environments. However, to extend its use to mainstream compu...