Agents in open multi-agent systems (MAS) need means for locating other agents with which they may collaborate. To address this need, several agent location mechanisms were suggest...
As the technology for high-speed networks has evolved over the last decade, the interconnection of commodity computers (e.g., PCs and workstations) at gigabit rates has become a re...
Mark Baker, Paul A. Farrell, Hong Ong, Stephen L. ...
With its decoupling of processes in space and time, the shared data space model has proven to be a well-suited solution for developing distributed component-based systems. However,...
Giovanni Russello, Michel R. V. Chaudron, Maarten ...
Small unpiloted aircraft (UAVs) each have limited power budgets. If a group (swarm) of small UAVs is organised to perform a common task such as geo-location, then it is possible t...
Preemptive multitasking, a popular technique for timesharing of computational resources in software-based systems, faces considerable difficulties when applied to partially reconf...