In agent systems, different (autonomous) agents collaborate to execute complex tasks. Each agent provides a set of useful capabilities, and the agent system combines these capabili...
We are reaching a crisis with design of user interfaces for consumer electronics. Flashing 12:00 time indicators, push-andhold buttons, and interminable modes and menus are all sy...
Formal AI systems traditionally represent knowledge using logical formulas. We will show, however, that for certain kinds of information, a modelbased representation is more compa...
Hybrid is a system developed to specify and reason about logics, programming languages, and other formal systems expressed in rder abstract syntax (HOAS). An important goal of Hyb...
This paper considers the design of agent strategies for deciding whether to help other members of a group with whom an agent is engaged in a collaborative activity. Three characte...