Layered architectures are a proven principle for the design of software systems and components. The paper introduces a layered reference architecture for software agents which assi...
We describe an agent architecture that integrates emotions, drives, and behaviors, and that focuses on modeling some of the aspects of emotions as fundamental components within th...
This paper introduces a novel algorithm, the Active Virtual Network Management Protocol AVNMP, for predictive network management. It explains how the Active Virtual Network Mana...
: A reputation management system can promote trust in transactions in an online consumer-to-consumer (C2C) market. We model a C2C market by employing an agent-based approach. To di...
This paper presents VISTA, a new methodology and tool dedicated to analyse system level performance by executing full-scale SW application code on a transaction-level model of the...