Abstract. The agent-oriented approach has been successfully applied to the solution of complex problems in dynamic open environments. However, to extend its use to mainstream compu...
Overhearing is gaining attention as a generic method for cooperative monitoring of distributed, open, multiagent systems. It involves monitoring the routine conversations of agent...
Multi-agent research often borrows from biology, where remarkable examples of collective intelligence may be found. One interesting example is ant colonies’ use of pheromones as...
The TAC 2003 supply-chaingame presented automated trading agents with a challenging strategic problem. Embedded within a complex stochastic environment was a pivotal strategic deci...
Joshua Estelle, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik, Michael P. W...
It is generally accepted that the environment is an essential compound of multiagent systems (MASs). Yet the environment is typically assigned limited responsibilities, or even neg...
Danny Weyns, H. Van Dyke Parunak, Fabien Michel, T...