Optimal behavior is a very desirable property of autonomous agents and, as such, has received much attention over the years. However, making optimal decisions and executing optima...
Abstract. In this paper, we consider the process algebra ACPL, which models the basics of agent communication. This algebra combines the informationprocessing aspects of Concurrent...
Rogier M. van Eijk, Frank S. de Boer, Wiebe van de...
Abstract. Local search algorithms have been very successful for solving constraint satisfaction problems (CSP). However, a major weakness has been that local search is unable to de...
Abstract. Combinatorial auctions are an important e-commerce application where bidders can bid on combinations of items. The problem of selecting the best bids that cover all items...
— We consider the problem of gathering data from a sensor network using mobile elements. In particular, we consider the case where the data are produced by measurements and need ...