Thispaper describesAPE(the Atlas PlanningEngine),the reactive planner at the center of the Atlas dialogue managementsystem. The goal of Atlas is to build conversation-basedsystems...
PAC-MDP algorithms approach the exploration-exploitation problem of reinforcement learning agents in an effective way which guarantees that with high probability, the algorithm pe...
This work describes a multi-agent architecture and strategy for trade in simultaneous and related auctions. The proposed SIMPLE Agency combines an integer programming model, machi...
Assistant Agents help ordinary people about computer tasks, in many ways, thanks to their rational reasoning capabilities about the current model of the world. However they face st...
Abstract. This is a position paper reporting the motivations, the starting point and the guidelines that characterise the MERCURIO5 project proposal, submitted to MIUR PRIN 20096 ....