In open societies such as multi-agent systems, it is important that coordination among the several actors is achieved efficiently. One economical way of capturing that aspiration ...
Abstract. Similarly to institutions in human societies, Electronic Institutions (EI) provide structured frameworks for Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) to regulate agents' interactio...
Software systems are subject to ever increasing complexity and in need of efficient structuring. The concept of organization as an exand abstract real-world reference presents a pr...
We propose a concept that combines the cognitive with the computational approaches to experience-based trust reasoning. We emphasize that a cognitive component is vital for computa...
Experience-based service selection refers to selection of service providers using others' experiences. An agent can represent its experience (its demand and received service) ...
Agents in open and dynamic environments face the challenge of uncertainty while interacting with others to achieve their goals. They face quick and unforeseen changes to the behavi...