: Presented is the vision of the authors on how diverse web services may be composed, mediated by dynamic task coalitions of agents performing tasks for service requestors. The foc...
We present the syntax and semantics for a multi-agent dialogue game protocol which permits argument over proposals for action. The protocol, called the Persuasive Argument for Mult...
Katie Atkinson, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Peter Mc...
This paper shows how to verify a Multi-Agent System specification using human organization metaphors. This proposal applies Activity Theory, which has its roots in Sociology, to st...
Negotiation surrounds our day-to-day lives. Research in the field of automated negotiations has suggested the design and use of automated negotiators, on one hand to allow facilit...
Multi Agent Based Simulation (MABS) has been used mostly in purely social contexts. However, compared to other approaches, e.g., traditional discrete event simulation, object-orien...