Abstract. An important aspect of agent autonomy is the decision making capability of the agents. We discuss several issues that agents need to deliberate about in order to decide w...
Universidade de ´Evora’s Integrated Information System (SIIUE) aims at representing the entire universe of concepts useful for the management and day-to-day operation of the Or...
Many conceptual modeling and system design methodologies provide tools to help system designers to model the real world. No guidelines exist, however, for determining the relation...
This paper attempts to analyze the issue of planning and scheduling integration from the point of view of information sharing. This concept is the basic bridging factor between the...
An expert trouble-shooter is a subject who has a great deal of experience in his activity that allows him or her to be very efficient. However, the large amount of problems he or s...