The development of Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) involves special concerns, such as interaction, adaptation, autonomy, among others. Many of these concerns are overlapping, crosscut e...
In this paper we propose that a metaphor can be used to represent domains that are not easily quantifiable. The metaphor then can be used as an interface to communicate informatio...
This paper describes our experience when applying formal methods in the design of the tourist information system TIP, which presents context-sensitive information to mobile users ...
In this position paper we analyze the benefits of enabling virtual communities to self-organize and introduce a novel research direction for providing incentives, required in this...
Information retrieval systems can be partitioned into two main classes: large-scale systems that make use of an inverted index or some other auxiliary data structure, intended for...