We consider the problem of ramifications, i.e., indirect effects of actions, having exceptions. It is argued that straightforward minimization of abnormality is insufficient in th...
Genetic programming (GP) is an automatic programming technique that has recently been applied to a wide range of problems including blocks-world planning. This paper describes a s...
Often, an outcome must be chosen on the basis of the preferences reported by a group of agents. The key difficulty is that the agents may report their preferences insincerely to m...
This paper discusses the design and implementation of ESSPL, an expert system which generates security plans for alarm systems (Figure 1). Security planning is the task of determi...
The ability to create effective multi-agent organizations is key to the development of larger, more diverse multi-agent systems. In this article we present KB-ORG: a fully automate...