Abstract. This paper describes a job distribution system which focuses on standard desktop worker nodes in inhomogeneous and unreliable environments. The system is suited for gener...
Coordination and access control are related issues in open distributed agent systems, being both concerned with governing interaction between agents and resources. In particular, w...
Marco Cremonini, Andrea Omicini, Franco Zambonelli
The expansion of the World Wide Web and the use of computers in education have increased the demand for Web courses and, consequently, the need for systems that simplify their prod...
Scientific visualization and simulation frameworks mostly use data/event flow mechanisms for simulation specification, control, and interactivity. Even though object orientation p...
We investigate the application of multi-agent systems to develop intelligent information interfaces for connected communities, a class of computer applications aimed at enhancing ...