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ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Asynchronous algorithms for approximate distributed constraint optimization with quality bounds
Distributed Constraint Optimization (DCOP) is a popular framework for cooperative multi-agent decision making. DCOP is NPhard, so an important line of work focuses on developing f...
Christopher Kiekintveld, Zhengyu Yin, Atul Kumar, ...
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
On the logic of argumentation theory
The paper applies modal logic to formalize fragments of argumentation theory. Such formalization allows to import, for free, a wealth of new notions (e.g., argument equivalence), ...
Davide Grossi
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Multimodal interaction with a virtual character in interactive storytelling
Nikolaus Bee, Johannes Wagner, Elisabeth Andr&eacu...
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A general, fully distributed multi-agent planning algorithm
We present a fully distributed multi-agent planning algorithm. Our methodology uses distributed constraint satisfaction to coordinate between agents, and local planning to ensure ...
Raz Nissim, Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Intelligent agents for the smart grid
The Intelligent Decentralised Energy-Aware Systems (iDEaS) project at the University of Southampton (see www.ideasproject.info) is developing and demonstrating the application of ...
Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Thomas Voice, Sarvapali D...
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Reasoning about strategies of multi-agent programs
Verification of multi-agent programs is a key problem in agent research and development. This paper focuses on multi-agent programs that consist of a finite set of BDI-based agent...
Mehdi Dastani, Wojciech Jamroga
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
How to protect a city: strategic security placement in graph-based domains
Jason Tsai, Zhengyu Yin, Jun-young Kwak, David Kem...
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Cultivating desired behaviour: policy teaching via environment-dynamics tweaks
In this paper we study, for the first time explicitly, the implications of endowing an interested party (i.e. a teacher) with the ability to modify the underlying dynamics of the ...
Zinovi Rabinovich, Lachlan Dufton, Kate Larson, Ni...
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A mean-based approach for real-time planning
Damien Pellier, Bruno Bouzy, Marc Métivier