Existing middleware platforms for multi-agent systems (MAS) do not provide general support for observation. On the other hand, observation is considered to be an important mechani...
Joonas Kesaniemi, Artem Katasonov, Vagan Y. Terziy...
Component based software development provides an architectural way for dynamic reconfiguration. Interactions between components are explicitly represented by connectors, then reco...
Abstract-- In this seminal paper, we sketch a general conceptual framework for self-organising systems (SOSs) that encompasses both stigmergy and MAS coordination, and potentially ...
Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli, Cr...
Norms represent what ought to be done, and their fulfillment can be seen as benefiting the overall system, society or organisation. However, individual agent goals (desire) may con...
Decentralized partially observable MDPs (DEC-POMDPs) provide a rich framework for modeling decision making by a team of agents. Despite rapid progress in this area, the limited sc...