Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) are widely used as device controllers for assembly lines, chemical processes, or power plants. Sequential Function Charts (SFC) form one of the...
Nanette Bauer, Ralf Huuck, Ben Lukoschus, Sebastia...
This chapter aims to introduce the reader to the basic issues surrounding the design and implementation of intelligent agents. It begins by motivating the idea of an agent, present...
Abstract. Auction-based electronic commerce is an increasingly interesting domain for AI researchers. In this paper we present an attempt towards the construction of trading agents...
We define the robustness of a sequential plan as the probability that it will execute successfully despite uncertainty in the execution environment. We consider a rich notion of u...
The requirement for spontaneous interaction in ubiquitous computing creates security issues over and above those present in other areas of computing, deeming traditional approaches...