We study the problem of agents locating other agents that are both capable and willing to help complete assigned tasks. An agent incurs a fixed cost for each help request it sends...
In this paper we study tools for conviviality to develop user-friendly multiagent systems. First, we show how to use the social-cognitive concept of conviviality in multiagent sys...
This paper claims that in its current use the term ‘network’ represents no more than a suggestive image of organizing in an age of spectacular context-crossing electronic tran...
: This paper presents a generic agent-based framework for social-mobile applications, which has been developed as part of an ongoing linkage project. The MobiSoft project is driven...
In this study, we examine how geographic distance affects collaboration using computer-mediated communication technology. We investigated experimentally the effects of cooperating...