Abstract—Various cryptographic puzzle schemes are proposed as a defense mechanism against denial of service attack. But, all these puzzle schemes face a dilemma when there is a l...
In this paper, we study a simple means for coordinating teams of simple agents. In particular, we study ant robots and how they can cover terrain once or repeatedly by leaving mar...
Conflict resolution is a critical problem in distributed and collaborative multi-agent systems. Negotiation via argumentation (NVA), where agents provide explicit arguments or ju...
We present a computational study of an auction-based method for decentralized train scheduling. The method is well suited to the natural information and control structure of moder...
Checking pre- and post-conditions of procedures and methods at runtime helps improve software reliability. In the procedural world, pre- and post-conditions have a straightforward...