In this paper, we argue that allowing self-interested agents to activate social institutions during run-time can improve the robustness (i.e., stability, cooperation or fairness) ...
If robotic agents are to act autonomously they must have the ability to construct and reason about models of their physical environment. For example, planning to achieve goals req...
Protocols enable unambiguous, smooth interactions among agents. Commitments among agents are a powerful means of developing protocols. Commitments enable flexible execution of pro...
Abstract. We propose an extension of action theories to intention theories in the framework of situation calculus. Moreover the method for implementing action theories is adapted t...
Maria del Pilar Pozos Parra, Abhaya C. Nayak, Robe...
The use of rational agents for modelling real world problems has both been heavily investigated and become well accepted, with BDI Logic being a widely used architecture to repres...
Jeff Blee, David Billington, Guido Governatori, Ab...