Hierarchies are one of the most common organizational structures observed in multi-agent systems. In this paper we study vertical specialization as a reason for hierarchical struc...
Abstract. Workflows represent the coordination requirements of various distributed operations in an organisation; workflows neatly capture business processes, and are particularly ...
Joey Sik Chun Lam, Frank Guerin, Wamberto Weber Va...
: The problem of patient scheduling in hospitals is characterized by high uncertainty and dynamics in patient treatments. Additional complexity in the planning and coordination pro...
Information retrieval techniques have to face both the growing amount of data to be processed and the "natural" distribution of these data over the network. Hence, we in...