ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
Interaction protocols for multiagent systems have been described diagrammatically in an extension of UML called AUML (Agent UML). In this paper, we show how to translate these pro...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
Auctions are useful mechanism for allocating items (goods, tasks, resources, etc.) in multiagent systems. The bulk of auction theory assumes that the bidders’ valuations for ite...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
Coalition formation methods allow agents to join together and are thus necessary in cases where tasks can only be performed cooperatively by groups. This is the case in the Reques...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
Contracts in the real world often rest upon a notion of responsibility, by which parties commit to the fulfilment of particular imperatives embedded in the contract. Responsibili...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
Agents based on reactive planning architectures use pre-specified plans as behaviour specifications. Normative agents are motivated by norms in their behaviour: obligations motiva...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
We apply the multi-agent system (MAS) platform to the task of biological network simulation. In this paper, we describe the simulation of signal transduction (ST) networks using t...
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
2003
Springer
We propose an evolutionary framework for studying agents that interact in electronic marketplaces. We describe how this framework could be used to study the dynamics of interactio...