This paper proposes a general solution model using agent technology in order to solve two critical open issues in the course timetabling problem: application-specific issues and d...
Archive-based cooperative coevolutionary algorithms attempt to retain a set of individuals which act as good collaborators for other coevolved individuals in the evolutionary syst...
A network of cooperating agents must be able to reach rough consensus on a set of topics for cooperation. With highly heterogeneous agents, however, incommensurable measures and i...
Abstract. Similarly to institutions in human societies, Electronic Institutions (EI) provide structured frameworks for Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) to regulate agents' interactio...
Agents are situated autonomous entities that perceive and act in their environment, and communicate with other agents. An agent usually starts a conversation by querying another a...