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CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Evaluating Dynamic Services in Bioinformatics
Abstract. In dynamic applications characterised by a variety of alternative services with the same functionality but heterogeneous results, agents requesting services must find an ...
Maíra Ribeiro Rodrigues, Michael Luck
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Multilevel Approach to Agent-Based Task Allocation in Transportation
We present a hybrid algorithm for distributed task allocation problem in a cooperative logistics domain. Our approach aims to achieve superior computational performance by combinin...
Martin Rehák, Premysl Volf, Michal Pechouce...
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Learning to Negotiate Optimally in Non-stationary Environments
Abstract. We adopt the Markov chain framework to model bilateral negotiations among agents in dynamic environments and use Bayesian learning to enable them to learn an optimal stra...
Vidya Narayanan, Nicholas R. Jennings
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Classification Framework of Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems
César A. Marín, Nikolay Mehandjiev
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
The Distortion of Cardinal Preferences in Voting
The theoretical guarantees provided by voting have distinguished it as a prominent method of preference aggregation among autonomous agents. However, unlike humans, agents usually ...
Ariel D. Procaccia, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
A Simple Argumentation Based Contract Enforcement Mechanism
Abstract. Agents may choose to ignore contract violations if the costs of enforcing the contract exceed the compensation they would receive. In this paper we provide an argumentati...
Nir Oren, Alun D. Preece, Timothy J. Norman
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Egalitarian Allocations of Indivisible Resources: Theory and Computation
We present a mechanism for collaboration and coordination amongst agents in multi-agent societies seeking social equity. This mechanism allows to compute egalitarian allocations of...
Paul-Amaury Matt, Francesca Toni
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Agent-Based Analysis and Support for Incident Management
This paper presents an agent-based approach for error detection in incident management organizations. The approach consists of several parts. First, a formal approach for the speci...
Mark Hoogendoorn, Catholijn M. Jonker, Jan Treur, ...
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Market-Inspired Approach to Collaborative Learning
The paper describes a decentralized peer-to-peer multi-agent learning method based on inductive logic programming and knowledge trading. The method uses first-order logic for model...
Jan Tozicka, Michal Jakob, Michal Pechoucek
CIA
2006
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
The Helpful Environment: Distributed Agents and Services Which Cooperate
Imagine a future environment where networks of agents - people, robots and software agents - interact with sophisticated sensor grids and environmental actuators to provide advice,...
Austin Tate