Abstract. The agent paradigm can be seen as an extension of the notion of (active) objects by concepts like autonomy, cooperation, and goal-oriented behavior. Mainstream object-ori...
This paper describes a methodology that is being developed for designing and building agent-based systems for the domain of production control. In particular, this paper deals with...
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Woo...
Software engineers continually strive to develop tools and techniques to manage the complexity that is inherent in software systems. In this article, we argue that intelligent agen...
Abstract. This paper presents the results and analysis of the Fishmarket tournament held this spring at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) by a group of undergraduate stud...
Abstract. Exploring agent conversation in the context of fine-grained agent coordination research has raised several intellectual questions. The major issues pertain to interactio...
Thomas Wagner, Brett Benyo, Victor R. Lesser, Ping...
The ability to communicate is one of the salient properties of agents. Although a number of agent communication languages (ACLs) have been developed, obtaining a suitable formal se...