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AGENTS
2001
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Using background knowledge to speed reinforcement learning in physical agents
This paper describes Icarus, an agent architecture that embeds a hierarchical reinforcement learning algorithm within a language for specifying agent behavior. An Icarus program e...
Daniel G. Shapiro, Pat Langley, Ross D. Shachter
AAAI
2008
15 years 8 months ago
Memetic Networks: Analyzing the Effects of Network Properties in Multi-Agent Performance
We explore the relationship between properties of the network defined by connected agents and the global system performance. This is achieved by means of a novel class of optimiza...
Ricardo M. Araujo, Luís C. Lamb
AAMAS
2004
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce
Abstract. Electronic commerce has been one of the traditional arenas for agent technology. The complexity of these applications has been a challenge for researchers that have devel...
Carles Sierra
ATAL
2007
Springer
16 years 21 days ago
Interactions between market barriers and communication networks in marketing systems
We investigate a framework where agents search for satisfying products by using referrals from other agents. Our model of a mechanism for transmitting word-of-mouth and the result...
Ian N. Durbach, Jan H. Hofmeyr
PRIMA
2001
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
The Role of Castes in Formal Specification of MAS
One of the most appealing features of multiagent technology is its natural way to modularise a complex system in terms of multiple, interacting and autonomous components. As a natu...
Hong Zhu