We present a combinatorial framework for the study of a natural class of distributed optimization problems that involve decisionmaking by a collection of n distributed agents in th...
Intelligent environmentsareaninterestingdevelopmentandresearchapplication problem for multi-agent systems.The functionalandspatialdistribution of tasksnaturally lendsitself to a m...
Victor R. Lesser, Michael Atighetchi, Brett Benyo,...
This paper describes an agent-based architecture designed to support the interoperation of distributed and disparate information processing tools and resources. This work is based...
Stephen Cranefield, Emanuela Moreale, Bryce McKinl...
Increasingly, multi-agent systems are being designed for a variety of complex, dynamic domains. E ective agent interactions in such domains raise some of most fundamental research...
A robot must often react to events in its environment and exceptional conditions by suspendingor abandoning its current plan and selecting a new plan that is an appropriate respons...