Abstract For an information-agent-based system to support virtual (Internet-supported) organisations, changes in environmental conditions often demand changes in organisational beh...
We present a new polynomial-space algorithm, called Adopt, for distributed constraint optimization (DCOP). DCOP is able to model a large class of collaboration problems in multi-a...
Pragnesh Jay Modi, Wei-Min Shen, Milind Tambe, Mak...
BeatBender is a computer music project that explores a new method for generating emergent rhythmic drum patterns using the subsumption architecture. Rather than explicitly coding ...
In this work we present the basic concepts for a dynamic plug-in-based software architecture using concepts from the Petri netbased MAS framework Mulan. By transferring the concept...
Lawrence Cabac, Michael Duvigneau, Daniel Moldt, H...
We analyze a mechanism that provides strong incentives for the submission of truthful feedback in virtual communities where services are exchanged on a peer-to-peer basis. Lying pe...