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ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Approximate bidding algorithms for a distributed combinatorial auction
Distributed allocation and multiagent coordination problems can be solved through combinatorial auctions (CAs). However, most of the existing winner determination algorithms (WDAs...
Benito Mendoza García, José M. Vidal
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Shared focus of attention for heterogeneous agents
A network of cooperating agents must be able to reach rough consensus on a set of topics for cooperation. With highly heterogeneous agents, however, incommensurable measures and i...
Jacob Beal
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Ontology-based test generation for multiagent systems
This paper investigates software agents testing, and in particular how to automate test generation. We propose a novel approach, which takes advantage of agent interaction ontolog...
Duy Cu Nguyen, Anna Perini, Paolo Tonella
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
On the importance of migration for fairness in online grid markets
Computational grids offer users a simple access to tremendous computer resources for solving large scale computing problems. Traditional performance analysis of scheduling algorit...
Lior Amar, Ahuva Mu'alem, Jochen Stößer
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Methods for complex single-mind architecture designs
The implementation of software systems with large numbers of heterogeneous components calls for a powerful design methodology. Although several such methodologies have been propos...
Kristinn R. Thórisson, Gudny Ragna Jonsdott...
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
A distributed normative infrastructure for situated multi-agent organisations
In most of the existing approaches to the design of multiagent systems, there is no clear way in which to relate organisational and normative structures to the model of the enviro...
Fabio Y. Okuyama, Rafael H. Bordini, Antônio...
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
A 'companion' ECA with planning and activity modelling
In this paper, we describe the development of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) implementing the concept of a companion, i.e. an agent supporting the persistent representatio...
Marc Cavazza, Cameron Smith, Daniel Charlton, Li Z...
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Strategyproof deterministic lotteries under broadcast communication
The design of deterministic and fair mechanisms for selection among a set of self-motivated agents based solely on these agents' input is a major challenge in multiagent syst...
Alon Altman, Moshe Tennenholtz
ATAL
2008
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Simulating human behaviors in agent societies
As increasing numbers of processors and agents pervade the human environment, societies comprising both humans and agents will emerge. Presently, it is unknown how a person might ...
Alicia Ruvinsky, Michael N. Huhns