Given a large group of cooperative agents, selecting the right coordination or conflict resolution strategy can have a significant impact on their performance (e.g., speed of co...
Automated software customization is drawing increasing attention as a means to help users deal with the scope, complexity, potential intrusiveness, and ever-changing nature of mod...
An approach to handle the complex dynamics of a multi-agent system is based on distinguishing aggregation levels by structuring the system into parts or components. The behavior of...
One of the unresolved problems faced in the construction of intelligent tutoring systems is the acquisition of background knowledge, either for the specification of the teaching st...
1 Quickly detecting an unexpected pathogen can save many lives. In cases of bioterrorism or naturally occurring epidemics, accurate diagnoses may not be made until much of the popu...