AbstractWe describe Utile Coordination, an algorithm that allows a multiagent system to learn where and how to coordinate. The method starts with uncoordinated learners and maintai...
Jelle R. Kok, Pieter Jan't Hoen, Bram Bakker, Niko...
Software systems of today are characterized by the increasing size, complexity, distribution and heterogeneity. Understanding and supporting the interaction between software requir...
We demonstrate the emergence of collective behavior in two evolutionary computation systems, one an evolutionary extension of a classic (highly constrained) flocking algorithm and...
Lee Spector, Jon Klein, Chris Perry, Mark Feinstei...
the right abstractions is important for managing the complexity of your system. Three t abstractions used today are object, component and agent. Many similarities exist these abst...
Dwight Deugo, Franz Oppacher, Bruce Ashfield, Mich...
Increasingly, information systems development occurs in the context of existing systems and established organizational processes. Viewing organizational and system components as c...
Eric S. K. Yu, Philippe Du Bois, Eric Dubois, John...