Component-based software structuring principles are now commonly and successfully applied at the application level; but componentisation is far less established when it comes to b...
Geoff Coulson, Gordon S. Blair, Paul Grace, Fran&c...
This research proposes 3D graphical agents in the role of virtual presenters with a new type of functionality – the capability to process and respond to visual attention of users...
Arjen Hoekstra, Helmut Prendinger, Nikolaus Bee, D...
In this paper, we describe our work in developing an agent based smart house platform using TAOM4E development methodology and the JADE-platform with the Jadex-extension. In order...
Semantic Web Information Systems (SWIS) are Web Information Systems that use Semantic Web technologies. Hera is a modeldriven design methodology for SWIS. In Hera, models are repr...
Multi-agent systems are prone to failures typical of any distributed system. Agents and resources may become unavailable due to machine crashes, communication breakdowns, process ...