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In this paper we explore the concept of a Semantic Desktop in which software applications will be responsible for the automation of otherwise tedious tasks and the update of user information. We propose an ontology driven software agent solution where ...

We investigate a formal framework where agents use referrals from other agents to locate high-quality service providers. Agents have common knowledge about providers which are able to provide these services. The performance of providers is measured by ...

Industrial need new technologies to make evolved methods, strategy and capacity. Decision-making plays an important role in the case of the robot evolving in an instable environment, and enables us to decreasing the human factor in the control system. ...

We tackle the notion of self-adaptive systems in an organizational way as complex systems with strong motivated autonomous behavior leading to the emotions. The main applications of such systems are in autonomous robots. We show that we need a new ...

In this paper, we present a new and novel way of maintaining the consistency in an agent’s knowledge base relying on the notion of Truth Maintenance Systems. In our work, we present a new parameter that helps in determining which propositions or ...

This article advocates the need for a radical rethink of software agent technology by investigating the mechanisms through which knowledge, deliberation, action and control interact to form truly intelligent autonomous agents, be they deliberative, ...

A multiagent architecture for vehicle and structural health monitoring is proposed. A prototype using this architecture was developed using JADE. Critical aspects of the design were verified using the SPIN model checker. The tasks in our framework are ...

Model-driven development generates software artifacts from abstract model representations through a series of specification elaboration and refinement activities. Yet, the resulting systems must still be debugged at the source code level; leaving it to ...

On the one hand, the Software Product Lines (SPL) field is devoted to build a core architecture for a family of products from which concrete products can be derived rapidly by means of reuse. On the other hand, Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) ...

In this paper, which is exploratory in nature, we introduce the concept of dynamic electronic institutions, which from our point of view arise from the convergence of two research areas: electronic institutions and coalition formation. We define dynamic ...

When constructing multiagent systems, the designer may approach the system as a collection of individuals or may view the entire system as a whole. In addition to these approaches, it may be beneficial to consider the interactions between the ...

Although, the software agent paradigm has been widely accepted, there is still a problem with situating (implementing) concrete agents in real environments. Agent is an abstract notion so that there is no straightforward mapping of real entities like ...

Research done during the last three years has studied the emersion properties of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS). The deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques applied to remote Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has led the author to investigate ...

A classic autonomous robot is an autonomous agent for open, unpredictable environments. Such an agent is inherently autonomous but not independent. Independence implies unpredictability, which is incompatible with agency. The current robot models – ...

As e-Commerce systems evolve, and B2B models flourish, more and more complex payment transactions are performed electronically. A consistent topic periodically addressed by e-Commerce systems is how to reduce the costs associated with these electronic ...

Inspired by the autonomic aspects of the human central nervous system, the vision of “autonomiccomputing” arrived with a fully-formed wish list of characteristics that such systems should exhibit, essentially those self-referential aspects required for ...

In this paper we argue that self-modifying code can become a better strategy for realizing long-lived autonomous software systems than static code, regardless how well it was validated and tested. We base our discussion on three facets – self-repairing ...

This paper introduces a reference architecture for developing agent-based systems that preserves core concepts of agenthood while minimizing cumbersome features found in other agent architectures. This parsimony has been found useful in addressing ...

We address tactical behaviors of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and focus on their coordination within hierarchical units. This research thus addresses multiagent systems but more particularly structures where autonomous parts coordinate to form wholes ...

The systemic theory associates open systems and complexity closely. This article presents a particular articulation between these two concepts using the Systemion Model. Two types of opening are defined, characterized and illustrated using examples.

This paper describes a hybrid dynamical system-based approach to formalizing and mechanizing analyses of dynamical agents, i.e., situated, embodied actors that continuously respond to their environment. As an example, the paper describes a class of ...

This paper introduces a novel framework for designing multi-agent systems, called “Distributed Agent Evolution with Dynamic Adaptation to Local Unexpected Scenarios” (DAEDALUS). Traditional approaches to designing multi-agent systems are offline (in ...

In this paper, we present our approach to flexibly modelling user processes: lightweight run time agents. These agents can be thought of as essentially being ‘session handlers’ with persistent memory, which steer the execution of generic global services ...

In this paper, we describe an on-going project called Concept and Sensor Networks (CSN). The development of this project has been described and discussed in past PSMP workshops [1]. The purpose of the project is to develop a framework for entities that ...

A low cost, simple, agent based, robotic sensor web to collect exploration data is a major and efficient asset to any exploration initiative. The Hybrid Analog-Digital Robotic Sensor Web (HADRS) provides this asset. HADRS is a meta-system rather than a ...

This paper presents an AI architecture that has been developed specifically for controlling complex multi-agents interaction in games. The model is based on previous research into Emotional Societies and presents a realistic and believable environment ...

In this article, we intend to characterize, at least on BDI (Belief-Desire-Intention) basis, a class of games G for which there is a MAS and vice-versa. As a consequence, criteria of rationality for agents can be directly applied to players and vice-...

As the information technology rapidly expands (regardless of the technology area) collaboration, information sharing and distributed computing become inevitable phenomena (i.e. e-commerce, e-health, e-science etc.) [1]. Since the complexity is a driving ...

In this paper we provide a formal definition of the component concept using the Heterogeneous Flow Systems Specification formalism (HFFS) a general system theory approach to the representation of timed systems. The HFFS formalism permits the development ...

Mobile agents were introduced as a new design paradigm for distributed systems. One advantage of mobile agents is to reduce network traffic as compared to the client-server paradigm, simply by moving code close to the data instead of moving large amount ...