In automated negotiation systems consisting of self-interested agents, contracts have traditionally been binding, i.e., impossible to breach. Such contracts do not allow the agent...
For the past few years, our research groups have independently been developing systems in which a multi-agent system (typically of lightweight agents) provides some functionality i...
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Sven Brueckner, Danny Weyns, ...
Abstract: The work described in this article arises from two needs. First, there is still a need for providing more sophisticated database systems than just relational ones. Second...
Markus Kirchberg, Klaus-Dieter Schewe, Alexei Tret...
Abstract. The ACORN provides an agent-based architecture for information retrieval and provision across networks. The main objective of this paper is to present the design and impl...
Hui Yu, Ali A. Ghorbani, Virendra C. Bhavsar, Step...
Performance analysis of agent network topologies helps multi-agent system developers to understand the impact of topology on system efficiency and effectiveness. Appropriate topol...
Hao Lan Zhang, Clement H. C. Leung, Gitesh K. Raik...