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195 Mobile Ambients - Cardelli, Gordon (1998)(Correct)
We introduce a calculus describing the movement of processes and devices,
including movement through administrative domains.
1 Introduction
There are two distinct areas of work in mobility: mobile co... / framework that encompasses mobile agents the ambients where agents
183 The Oz Programming Model - Smolka (1995)(Correct)
The Oz Programming Model (OPM) is a concurrent programming model subsuming higher- order functional and object-oriented programming as facets of a general model. This is particularly interesting for c... / of Oz include simulations multi-agent systems natural language
179 Learning to Act using Real-Time Dynamic Programming - Barto, Bradtke, Singh (1995)(Correct)
Learning methods based on dynamic programming (DP) are receiving increasing attention in artificial intelligence. Researchers have argued that DP provides the appropriate basis for compiling planning ... / learning methods by which autonomous agents can improve skills in
164 BDI Agents: From Theory to Practice - Rao, Georgeff (1995)(Correct)
The study of computational agents capable of rational behaviour has received a great deal of attention in recent years. Theoretical formalizations of such agents and their implementations have proceed... / International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems ICMAS- San Francisco
163 A Calculus of Mobile Agents - Fournet, Gonthier, Lévy, Maranget.. (1996)(Correct)
We introduce a calculus for mobile agents and give its chemical semantics, with a precise definition for migration, failure, and failure detection. Various examples written in our calculus illustrat... / A Calculus of Mobile Agents C'edric Fournet Georges
135 The Complexity of Concept Languages - Donini, Lenzerini, Nardi, Nutt (1995)(Correct)
The basic feature of Terminological Knowledge Representation Systems is to represent
knowledge by means of taxonomies, here called terminologies, and to provide
a specialized reasoning engine to do in... / Systems Deduction and Multiagent Systems Document Analysis and
130 Kasbah: An Agent Marketplace for Buying and Selling Goods - Chavez, Maes (1996)(Correct)
While there are many Web services which help users find things to buy, we know of none which actually try to automate the process of buying and selling. Kasbah is a virtual marketplace on the Web wher... / on the Web where users create autonomous agents to buy and sell goods on br marketplace. Kasbah is thus a multiagent system. The marketplace is designed
105 RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative - Kitano, Asada, Kuniyoshi, Noda, Osawa (1995)(Correct)
The Robot World Cup Initiative (RoboCup) is an attempt to foster AI and intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined. I... / design principles of autonomous agents multiagent collaboration br real-time planning multi-agent systems context recognition
104 Markov games as a framework for multi-agent reinforcement learning - Littman (1994)(Correct)
In the Markov decision process (MDP) formalization
of reinforcement learning, a single adaptive
agent interacts with an environment defined by a
probabilistic transition function. In this solipsistic
... / designed for reasoning about multi-agent systems. Markov games see e.g.
102 Collaborative Plans for Complex Group Action - Barbara Grosz (1996)(Correct)
The original formulation of SharedPlans (Grosz and Sidner, 1990a) was developed to provide
a model of collaborative planning in which it was not necessary for one agent to have intentions-to
toward an... / the context of cooperation of autonomous agents Klein Polat br inter alia most multi-agent systems in which the agents need to
100 Commitments and Conventions: The Foundation of Coordination in.. - Jennings (1993)(Correct)
Distributed Artificial Intelligence systems, in which multiple agents interact to improve their
individual performance and to enhance the system's overall utility, are becoming an increasingly
pervasi... / in the community eg with autonomous agents the global search space is br Foundation of Coordination in MultiAgent Systems NICK R. JENNINGS
98 Agent Tcl: A flexible and secure mobile-agent system - Gray (1996)(Correct)
An information agent manages all or a portion of a user's information space. The electronic resources in this space are often distributed across a network and can contain tremendous quantities of data... / Agent Tcl A flexible and secure mobile-agent system Robert S. Gray
90 Collaborative Interface Agents - Lashkari, Metral, Maes (1994)(Correct)
Interface agents are semi-intelligent systems which assist users with daily computer-based tasks. Recently, various researchers have proposed a learning approach towards building such agents and some ... / Malone Yu have semi-autonomous agents that consist of a br the do-it threshold the agent autonomously takes the action. The
81 Towards Flexible Teamwork - Tambe (1997)(Correct)
Many AI researchers are today striving to build agent teams for complex, dynamic
multi-agent domains, with intended applications in arenas such as education, training,
entertainment, information integ... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Agents' Rosenbloom br Unfortunately implemented multi-agent systems often fail to provide the
76 Teleo-Reactive Programs for Agent Control - Nilsson (1994)(Correct)
A formalism is presented for computing and organizing actions for autonomous agents
in dynamic environments. We introduce the notion of teleo-reactive (T-R) programs whose
execution entails the constr... / and organizing actions for autonomous agents in dynamic environments. We
75 Artificial Life and Real Robots - Brooks (1992)(Correct)
The first part of this paper explores the general issues in using Artificial Life techniques to program actual mobile robots. In particular it explores the difficulties inherent in transferring progra... / the problems of building an autonomous agent that physically is an
73 Itinerant Agents for Mobile Computing - Chess, Grosof, Harrison, Levine.. (1995)(Correct)
This paper describes an abstract framework for itinerant agents that can be used to implement secure, remote applications in large, public networks such as the Internet or the IBM Global Network. Itin... / electronic commerce by means of mobile agents The HotJava web browser br Keywords Intelligent Agents Mobile Computing Script Languages
70 COOL: A Language for Describing Coordination in Multi Agent Systems - Barbuceanu, Fox (1995)(Correct)
Agent interaction takes place at several levels. Current work in the
ARPA Knowledge Sharing Effort has addressed the information
content level by the KIF language and the intentional level by the
KQML... / F.Coordinating Plans of Autonomous Agents Lecture Notes in Artificial br Describing Coordination in Multi Agent Systems Mihai Barbuceanu and
67 Communicative Actions for Artificial Agents - Cohen, Levesque (1995)(Correct)
This paper considers the semantics of the agent communication
language KQML. By using this language
for communication, agents will be able to request
and provide services. Indeed, numerous projects ha... / it is hard to see how any multiagent system could work robustly.
67 The Architecture of the Ara Platform for Mobile Agents - Peine, Stolpmann (1997)(Correct)
We describe a platform for the portable and secure execution of mobile agents written in various interpreted languages on top of a common run-time core. Agents may migrate at any point in their execut... / of the Ara Platform for Mobile Agents Holger Peine and Torsten
65 Cooperative Mobile Robotics: Antecedents and Directions - Cao, Fukunaga, Kahng (1997)(Correct)
There has been increased research interest in systems composed of multiple autonomous mobile robots exhibiting cooperative behavior. Groups of mobile robots are constructed, with an aim to studying ... / control over mostly autonomous agents br intelligence mobile robots multiagent systems . Preliminaries There
65 A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development - Jennings, Sycara, Wooldridge (1998)(Correct)
This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous
agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to indicate h... / Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems br and S. H. Clearwater. A multiagent system for controlling building
64 Modeling Adaptive Autonomous Agents - Maes (1994)(Correct)
One category of researchers in artificial life is concerned with modeling and building so-called adaptive autonomous agents. Autonomous agents are systems that inhabit a dynamic, unpredictable environ... / Modeling Adaptive Autonomous Agents Pattie Maes MIT br so-called adaptive autonomous agents. Autonomous agents are systems that
62 Software Agents: An Overview - Nwana (1996)(Correct)
Agent software is a rapidly developing area of research. However, the overuse of the word `agent' has tended to mask the fact that, in reality, there is a truly heterogeneous body of research being ca... / robots personal agents autonomous agents and personal assistants. To br userbots robots personal agents autonomous agents and personal
58 Designing a Family of Coordination Algorithms - Decker, Lesser (1995)(Correct)
Many researchers have shown that there is no single best organization or coordination mechanism for all environments. This paper discusses the design and implementation of an extendable family of coor... / Coordinating Plans of Autonomous Agents. Springer-Verlag Berlin br International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems ICMAS- San Francisco
58 Learning to coordinate without sharing information - Sen, Sekaran, Hale (1994)(Correct)
Researchers in the field of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) have been developing efficient mechanisms to coordinate the activities of multiple autonomous agents. The need for coordination ar... / the activities of multiple autonomous agents. The need for coordination br the coordination problem in multiagent systems. In a reinforcement
57 Middle-Agents for the Internet - Decker, Sycara, Williamson (1997)(Correct)
Like middle-men in physical commerce, middleagents
support the flow of information in electronic
commerce, assisting in locating and connecting the
ultimate information provider with the ultimate info... / information agents. In Proc. Autonomous Agents pages - . ACM br organizations in a real multiagent system concentrating on the speed
57 Communication in Reactive Multiagent Robotic Systems - Balch, Arkin (1994)(Correct)
Multiple cooperating robots are able to complete many tasks more quickly and reliably than one robot alone. Communication between the robots can multiply their capabilities and effectiveness, but to w... / Navigation. Designing Autonomous Agents ed. P. Maes Bradford-MIT br mobile robots. Keywords multiagent system mobile robots social
56 Multiagent Systems: A Survey from a Machine Learning Perspective - Stone, Veloso (1997)(Correct)
Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) has existed as a subfield of AI for less than two decades. DAI is concerned with systems that consist of multiple independent entities that interact in a doma... / the implications of multiple autonomous agents interacting in the real br Multiagent Systems A Survey from a Machine
55 The Michigan Internet AuctionBot: A Configurable Auction Server for.. - Wurman, Wellman, Walsh (1998)(Correct)
Market mechanisms, such as auctions, will likely represent
a common interaction medium for agents on the
Internet. The Michigan Internet AuctionBot is a flexible,
scalable, and robust auction server t... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - . E. br development of market-based multiagent systems. This paper presents an
54 Ontology-based Web Agents - Luke, Spector, Rager, Hendler (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes SHOE, a set of Simple HTML Ontology Extensions which allow World-Wide Web authors to annotate their pages with semantic knowledge such as "I am a graduate student" or "This person... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents AA- . Copyright
52 Intelligent Agents: An Emerging Technology for Next Generation.. - Magedanz, Rothermel, Krause (1996)(Correct)
The telecommunications environment is changing its face towards an open market of information services where the vision is "information any time, at any place, in any form". Within this electronic mar... / the prerequisite for multi-agent systems. Agent Mobility In br basic properties. Focusing on mobile agents which could be considered as
52 Challenges in Evolving Controllers for Physical Robots - Mataric, Cliff (1996)(Correct)
This paper discusses the feasibility of applying evolutionary methods
to automatically generating controllers for physical mobile robots.
We overview the state of the art in the field, describe some o... / to a series of problems in autonomous agent control. In Reynolds
49 Distributed Intelligent Agents - Sycara, Decker, Pannu, Williamson.. (1996)(Correct)
We are investigating techniques for developing distributed and
adaptive collections of agents that coordinate to retrieve, filter and
fuse information relevant to the user, task and situation, as well... / Co-evolution and Learning in Multiagent Systems . br address the problem by using multi-agent systems to access filter
48 The RoboCup Synthetic Agent Challenge 97 - Kitano, Tambe, Stone (1997)(Correct)
RoboCup Challenge offers a set of challenges for intelligent agent researchers using a friendly competition in a dynamic, real-time, multiagent domain. While RoboCup in general envisions longer range ... / such as design principles of autonomous agents multi-agent collaboration br sensor fusion multiagent systems in general behavior
47 A Learning Approach to Personalized Information Filtering - Sheth (1994)(Correct)
A personalized information filtering system must specialize to current interests of the user
and adapt as they change over time. It must also explore newer domains for potentially
interesting informat... / to the members of the Autonomous Agents Group do we have a name
46 Autonomous Interface Agents - Lieberman (1997)(Correct)
Two branches of the trend towards "agents" that are gaining
currency are interface agents, software that actively assists a
user in operating an interactive interface, and autonomous
agents, software ... / interactive interface and autonomous agents software that takes action br that are both interface agents and autonomous agents. We explore some
46 Mobile Robot Localization using Landmarks - Betke, Gurvits (1995)(Correct)
We describe an efficient method for localizing a mobile robot in an environment with landmarks. We assume that the robot can identify these landmarks and measure their bearings relative to each other.... / its environment. Consider an autonomous agent which could be a mobile
45 Types for Mobile Ambients - Cardelli, Gordon (1998)(Correct)
Java has demonstrated the utility of type systems for mobile code, and in particular
their use and implications for security. Security properties rest on the
fact that a well-typed Java program (or th... / we obtain a type system for mobile agents and other mobile computations.
43 Cooperative Information Gathering: A Distributed Problem Solving.. - Oates, Prasad, Lesser(Correct)
We contrast two approaches to the problem of information gathering that may be characterized as distributed processing and distributed problem solving. The former is characteristic of most existing in... / to a query multiple semi-autonomous agents can be released to search br International Conference on Multiagent Systems San Francisco CA July
43 How to Personalize the Web - Barrett, Maglio, Kellem(Correct)
Agents can personalize otherwise impersonal computational systems. The World Wide Web presents the
same appearance to every user regardless of that user's past activity. Web Browser Intelligence (WBI,... / which acts independently autonomous agents A monitor receives a copy br We have implemented a multi-agent system for assisting web browsing.
43 Mobile Agents for Network Management - Bieszczad, Pagurek, White (1998)(Correct)
In this paper, we discuss the potential uses of mobile agents in Network Management. We
define software agents and a navigation model, which determines agent mobility. We list a
number of potential ad... / . . Lesser V. R.Multiagent Systems An Emerging Subdiscipline br that applies to Multi-Agent Systems MAS Lesser
43 Programming languages for mobile code - Thorn (1997)(Correct)
Sun's announcement of the programming language Java more than anything popularized the notion of mobile code, that is, programs travelling on a heterogeneous network and automatically executes upon ... / document Rou b ffl Mobile agents are code-containing objects
42 Concurrent Objects in a Process Calculus - Pierce, Turner (1995)(Correct)
A programming style based on concurrent objects arises almost inevitably
in languages where processes communicate by exchanging data on channels.
Using the pict language as an experimental testbed, we... / an unstructured collection of autonomous agents communicating in arbitrary
42 Market-Oriented Programming: Some Early Lessons - Wellman (1995)(Correct)
As the other chapters in this volume attest, the market-based approach offers a useful way to conceptualize and analyze distributed control problems, as well as to design and implement actual distribu... / in a distributed system as autonomous agents. In order to reasonably
42 The Open Agent Architecture: A Framework for Building Distributed.. - Martin, Cheyer, Moran (1999)(Correct)
The Open Agent Architecture (OAA), developed and used for several years at SRI International, makes it possible for software services to be provided through the cooperative efforts of distributed coll... / of distributed collections of autonomous agents. Communication and br a framework for constructing multiagent systems developed at the Artificial
41 Social Plans: A Preliminary Report - Rao, Georgeff, Sonenberg (1992)(Correct)
The formalization of multi-agent autonomous systems requires a rich ontology for
capturing a variety of collective behaviours and a powerful semantics for distinguishing
between collective agents havi... / For certain critical tasks autonomous agents need to test and verify the br The formalization of multi-agent autonomous systems requires a rich
41 Mobile Agent Security and Telescript - Tardo, Valente (1996)(Correct)
Telescript is a software technology for building distributed
applications using the mobile agent paradigm. Telescript
mobile agents are migrating processes capable of
being executed on any Telescript ... / Mobile Agent Security and Telescript
41 ALLIANCE: An Architecture for Fault Tolerant Multi-Robot Cooperation - Parker (1998)(Correct)
ALLIANCE is a software architecture that facilitates the fault tolerant cooperative control of teams of heterogeneous mobile robots performing missions composed of loosely coupled subtasks that may ha... / may be increased by employing autonomous agents. One approach to creating
40 Efficient Learning and Planning Within the Dyna Framework - Peng, Williams (1993)(Correct)
Sutton's Dyna framework provides a novel and computationally appealing way to integrate learning, planning, and reacting in autonomous agents. Examined here is a class of strategies designed to enhanc... / planning and reacting in autonomous agents. Examined here is a class
39 A Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design - Wooldridge, Jennings, Kinny (1999)(Correct)
This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehensive, in that it dea... / European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a MultiAgent World br to a wide range of multi-agent systems and comprehensive in that
39 A Methodology and Modelling Technique for Systems of BDI Agents - Kinny, Georgeff, Rao (1996)(Correct)
The construction of large-scale embedded software systems demands the use of design
methodologies and modelling techniques that support abstraction, inheritance, modularity,
and other mechanisms for r... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World br and preventing error. If multi-agent systems are to become widely
38 Exploiting Code Mobility in Decentralized and Flexible Network.. - Baldi, Gai, Picco(Correct)
Network management is gaining increasing importance due
to the pervasiveness of computer networks. Nevertheless, mainstream
approaches to network management are presently limited by centralized
mana... / just as well. Mobile Agent Autonomous and Mobile Management br Keywords code mobility mobile agents network management.
37 Evaluation of KQML as an Agent Communication Language - Mayfield, Labrou, Finin (1996)(Correct)
This chapter discusses the desirable features of languages and protocols
for communication among intelligent information agents. These desiderata
aredividedintosevencategories:form,content,semantics... / state of an artificial autonomous agent with a particular attention br for describing coordination in multiagentsystems.
37 Informational Redundancy and Resource Bounds in Dialogue - Walker (1993)(Correct)
INFORMATIONAL REDUNDANCY AND RESOURCE BOUNDS IN DIALOGUE Marilyn A. Walker Aravind K. Joshi and Ellen F. Prince (cosupervisors) This thesis investigates the relationship between language behavior and ... / and inference. IRUs help autonomous agents coordinate on a
37 The Safe-Tcl Security Model - Ousterhout, Levy, Welch (1997)(Correct)
Safe-Tcl is a mechanism for controlling the execution of programs written in the Tcl
scripting language. It allows untrusted scripts (applets) to be executed while preventing
damage to the environment... /
36 Planned Team Activity - Kinny, Ljungberg, Rao, Tidhar.. (1992)(Correct)
Agents situated in dynamic environments benefit from having a repertoire of plans,
supplied in advance, that permit them to rapidly generate appropriate sequences of actions in
response to important e... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World br issue in the design of a multi-agent system is how to arrange the
36 Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with the MAXQ Value Function.. - Thomas G. Dietterich (1999)(Correct)
This paper presents a new approach to hierarchical reinforcement learning based on decomposing
the target Markov decision process (MDP) into a hierarchy of smaller MDPs and decomposing
the value funct... / for constructing robust autonomous agents that are able to achieve br Economic principles of multi-agent systems Editorial Artificial
35 An Adaptive Web Page Recommendation Service - Balabanovic (1997)(Correct)
An adaptive recommendation service seeks to adapt
to its users, providing increasingly personalized recommendations
over time. In this paper we introduce
the "Fab" adaptive web page recommendation ser... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents February Marina del
35 Goal Processing In Autonomous Agents - Beaudoin (1994)(Correct)
This technical definition will only make sense toe reader by Ch. 4, once goals and management processes have been described. All that matters forrs section is that a difference between goals and pertu... / Goal Processing In Autonomous Agents By Luc Beaudoin A Thesis
35 Auction Protocols for Decentralized Scheduling - Wellman, Walsh, Wurman, MacKie-Mason (1998)(Correct)
Scheduling is the problem of allocating resources to alternative possible uses over designated periods of time. Several have proposed (and some have tried) market-based approaches to decentralized ver... / uses are represented by autonomous agents. Market mechanisms use br International Conference on Multiagent Systems pages - San
34 Issues and Approaches in the Design of Collective Autonomous Agents - Mataric (1995)(Correct)
The problem of synthesizing and analyzing collective autonomous agents has only recently begun to be practically studied by the robotics community. This paper overviews the most prominent directions o... / in the Design of Collective Autonomous Agents Maja J Matari'c Volen br Problem Solving DPS and Multi-Agent Systems MAS Rosenschein
34 Foundations of a Logical Approach to Agent Programming - Lespérance, Levesque, Lin.. (1995)(Correct)
This paper describes a novel approach to high-level agent programming based on a highly developed logical theory of action. The user provides a specification of the agents' basic actions (precondition... / International Conference on Multiagent Systems San Francisco CA June br our framework to deal with multi-agent systems. As will become clear the
34 Reinforcement Learning in the Multi-Robot Domain - Mataric (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes a formulation of reinforcement learning that
enables learning in noisy, dynamic environemnts such as in the complex
concurrent multi-robot learning domain. The methodology involve... / been an on-going challenge in autonomous agent research and is being
34 Mobile Agents: Are they a good idea? - Harrison, Chess, Kershenbaum (1995)(Correct)
Mobile agents are programs, typically written in a script language, which may be dispatched from a client computer and transported to a remote server computer for execution. Several authors have sug... / Research Report Mobile Agents Are they a good idea
34 A case study in the behavior-oriented design of autonomous agents. - Steels(Correct)
The paper documents a case study in the design
and implementation of a robotic multi-agent
system. It illustrates known design guidelines,
namely that the physics of the environment must
be exploited,... / behavior-oriented design of autonomous agents. Luc Steels Artificial br implementation of a robotic multi-agent system. It illustrates known
33 Amalthaea: Information Discovery and Filtering using a Multiagent.. - Moukas (1996)(Correct)
Agents are semi-intelligent programs that assist the user in performing repetitive and time-consuming tasks. Information discovery and information filtering are a suitable domain for applying agent te... / Ideas drawn from the field of autonomous agents and artificial life are br The intriguing issue in such multiagent systems is to find ways of allowing
33 Evolving Visually Guided Robots - Cliff, Husbands, Harvey (1992)(Correct)
We have developed a methodology grounded in two beliefs:
that autonomous agents need visual processing capabilities,
and that the approach of hand-designing control
architectures for autonomous agents... / grounded in two beliefs that autonomous agents need visual processing
32 COLLAGEN: When Agents Collaborate with People - Rich, Sidner (1996)(Correct)
We take the position that autonomous agents, when they interact with people, should be governed by the same principles that underlie human collaboration. These principles come from research in computa... / We take the position that autonomous agents when they interact with
32 Lamarckian Learning in Multi-agent Environments - Grefenstette (1991)(Correct)
Genetic algorithms gain much of their power from
mechanisms derived from the field of population
genetics. However, it is possible, and in some
cases desirable, to augment the standard mechanisms
with... / with a focus on tasks for an autonomous agent in a hostile environment. New
32 Mobile Agents White Paper - White (1996)(Correct)
this paper.
Introduction
New products
New applications
New networks
About "Mobile Agents"
Enabling mobile agents
Mobile agent paradigm
Mobile agent concepts
Mobile agent technology
Programming mobile ... / of General Magic's original mobile agent system Telescript Please br Agents Enabling mobile agents Mobile agent paradigm Mobile agent
31 LIME: Linda Meets Mobility - Picco, Murphy, Roman (1999)(Correct)
Lime is a system designed to assist in the rapid development of dependable mobile applications over both wired and ad hoc networks. Mobile agents reside on mobile hosts and all communication takes pla... / both wired and ad hoc networks. Mobile agents reside on mobile hosts and br permanently bound to mobile agents and mobile hosts. Transient sharing
31 A Sanctuary for Mobile Agents - Yee (1997)(Correct)
ly, this is a circuit of the (complete) graph connecting the airline servers, and the originator may chose this circuit at the time of agent dispatch. At any honest server, the agent code and its read... / A Sanctuary for Mobile Agents Bennet S. Yee February
31 Coordination Models and Languages - Papadopoulos, ARBAB (1998)(Correct)
A new class of models, formalisms and mechanisms has recently evolved for describing concurrent and distributed computations based on the concept of "coordination". The purpose of a coordination model... / forum used by a number of autonomous agents forming a multi-agent system br autonomous agents forming a multi-agent system to solve a problem in a
30 Designing Behaviors for Information Agents - Decker, Pannu, Sycara, Williamson (1997)(Correct)
To facilitate the rapid development and open system interoperability
of autonomous agents we need to carefully specify and
effectively implement various classes of agent behaviors. Our
current focus i... / system interoperability of autonomous agents we need to carefully specify br that agents are part of multi-agent systems. This has the implication
30 An Autonomous Spacecraft Agent Prototype - Pell, Bernard, Chien, Gat.. (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes the New Millennium Remote
Agent (NMRA) architecture for autonomous spacecraft
control systems. This architecture integrates traditional
real-time monitoring and control with const... / plan execution in embedded autonomous agents. In Pryor
30 An HTTP-based Infrastructure for Mobile Agents - Lingnau, Drobnik, Dömel (1995)(Correct)
Mobile agents are an emerging technology attracting interest from the fields of distributed systems, information retrieval, electronic commerce and artificial intelligence. We present an infrastruct... / consists of mobile agents' autonomous programs that move about br HTTP-based Infrastructure for Mobile Agents Anselm Lingnau Oswald
30 Towards Mobile Cryptography - Sander, Tschudin (1998)(Correct)
Mobile code technology has become a driving force for recent advances in distributed
systems. The concept of mobility of executable code raises major security problems.
In this paper we deal with the ... / WEB browser active content Mobile agent systems allow programs to
30 A Meta-Model for the Analysis and Design of Organizations in.. - Ferber, Gutknecht (1998)(Correct)
This paper presents a generic meta-model of multi-agent
systems based on organizational concepts such as groups,
roles and structures. This model, called AALAADIN, defines
a very simple description of... / and P. Morignot. Societes of autonomous agents and their reorganization. br by allowing designers of multiagent systems to describe any kind of
29 A Social Reasoning Mechanism Based On Dependence Networks - Sichman, Conte, Demazeau.. (1994)(Correct)
This paper describes the fundamental concepts
of a social reasoning mechanism, designed to be part of an
agent's internal model, in a multi-agent systems (MAS) context.
It enables an agent to reason... / Dependence relations among autonomous agents'in E. Werner and Y. br agent's internal model in a multi-agent systems MAS context. It enables
29 Cardinality Restrictions on Concepts - Baader, Buchheit, Hollunder (1993)(Correct)
The concept description formalisms of existing terminological systems allow
the user to express local cardinality restrictions on the fillers of a particular
role. It is not possible, however, to intr... / Systems Deduction and Multiagent Systems Document Analysis and
29 Terminological Logics with Modal Operators - Baader, Laux (1994)(Correct)
Terminological knowledge representation formalisms can be used to represent
objective, time-independent facts about an application domain. Notions like
belief, intentions, time---which are essential f... / Systems Deduction and Multiagent Systems Document Analysis and
28 A Formal Framework for Agency and Autonomy - Luck, d'Inverno (1995)(Correct)
With the recent rapid growth of interest in MultiAgent Systems, both in artificial intelligence and software engineering, has come an associated difficulty concerning basic terms and concepts. In part... / objects agents and autonomous agents where agents are viewed as br comprising objects agents and autonomous agents where agents are
28 Challenger : A Multi-agent System for Distributed Resource Allocation - Chavez, Moukas, Maes (1997)(Correct)
In this paper we introduce Challenger, a multiagent system that performs completely distributed resource allocation. Challenger consists of agents which individually manage local resources; these agen... / Moukas and Pattie Maes Autonomous Agents Group MIT Media Laboratory br we introduce Challenger a multiagent system that performs completely
28 Learning of Cooperative actions in multi-agent systems: a case study.. - Matsubara, Noda, Hiraki (1996)(Correct)
From the standpoint of multi-agent systems, soccer
(association football), which is just one of usual team
sports, make a good example of problems in the real
world which is moderately abstracted. We ... / Coevolution and Learning in Multiagent Systems Figure Soccer players br of Cooperative actions in multi-agent systems a case study of pass play
28 Collective Robotic Intelligence - Kube, Zhang (1992)(Correct)
In this paper, we examine the problem of controlling multiple
behaviour-based autonomous robots. Based on observations
made from the study of social insects, we propose
five simple mechanisms used to ... / group of task-achieving autonomous agents capable of collectively
28 Flexible Double Auctions for Electronic Commerce: Theory and.. - Wurman, Walsh, Wellman (1997)(Correct)
We consider a general family of auction protocols that admit multiple
buyers and sellers, and determine market-clearing prices. We
analyze the economic incentives facing participants in such auctions,... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - . br for electronic commerce and multiagent systems we have built the
28 Challenger: A Multi-agent System for Distributed Resource Allocation - Chavez, Moukas, Maes (1997)(Correct)
In this paper we introduce Challenger, a multiagent
system that performs completely distributed
resource allocation. Challenger consists
of agents which individually manage local
resources; these agen... / Moukas and Pattie Maes Autonomous Agents Group MIT Media Lab br we introduce Challenger a multiagent system that performs completely
27 Pitfalls of Agent-Oriented Development - Wooldridge, Jennings (1998)(Correct)
While the theoretical and experimental foundations of agent-based
systems are becoming increasingly well understood, comparatively
little effort has been devoted to understanding the pragmatics of
(mu... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World br so on required to create a multiagent system. As a result almost every
27 Multiagent coordination with learning classifier systems - Sen, Sekaran (1996)(Correct)
this paper, we evaluate a particular reinforcement
learning methodology, a genetic algorithm based
machine learning mechanism known as classifier systems
[ Holland, 1986 ] for developing action polici... / of multiple agents Multiagent systems are a particular type of DAI
27 Adaptive Load Balancing: A Study in Multi-Agent Learning - Schaerf, Shoham, Tennenholtz (1995)(Correct)
We study the process of multi-agent reinforcement learning in the context of load balancing in a distributed system, without use of either central coordination or explicit communication. We first defi... / a general model where active autonomous agents have to select among br the lesson to the design of multi-agent systems. We define a formal yet
27 On Information Invariants in Robotics - Donald(Correct)
permutation of U can be viewed as follows. Let D U = (C
d
\Gamma\Delta)=(u ¸
v). D U is the quotient of (C
d
\Gamma \Delta) under ß . For a partial immersion /
to be
chosen compatibly with the... / a e among collaborating autonomous agents. This prospectus is based
27 Mobile agents for mobile computing - Gray, Kotz, Nog, Rus, Cybenko (1996)(Correct)
Mobile agents are programs that can move through a network under their own control, migrating from host to host and interacting with other agents and resources on each. We argue that these mobile, aut... / We argue that these mobile autonomous agents have the potential to br Mobile agents for mobile computing Robert
27 Time Limited Blackbox Security: Protecting Mobile Agents From.. - Hohl (1998)(Correct)
In this paper, an approach to partially solve one of the most difficult aspects of security of mobile agents systems is presented, the problem of malicious hosts. This problem consists in the possib... / Blackbox Security Protecting Mobile Agents From Malicious Hosts
26 Believable Social and Emotional Agents - Reilly (1996)(Correct)
One of the key steps in creating quality interactive drama is the ability to create quality interactive characters (or believable agents). Two important aspects of such characters will be that they ap... / Tok Em Agent Architectures Autonomous Agents Social Behaviors Agent br International Conference on MultiAgent Systems. San Francisco CA. MIT
26 Designing Control Laws for Cooperative Agent Teams - Parker (1993)(Correct)
The design of the control laws governing the behavior of individual agents is crucial for the successful development of cooperative agent teams. These control laws utilize a combination of local and/o... / of cooperating situated autonomous agents. These control laws
26 Language Support for Mobile Agents - Knabe (1995)(Correct)
Mobile agents are code-containing objects that may be transmitted between communicating
participants in a distributed system. As opposed to systems that only
allow the exchange of nonexecutable data, ... / Language Support for Mobile Agents Frederick Colville Knabe br xi Chapter Mobile Agents Mobile agents are code-containing
25 Design Issues in Mobile Agent Programming Systems - Karnik, Tripathi (1998)(Correct)
We describe the mobile agent paradigm which is becoming increasingly popular for network-centric
programming, and compare it with earlier paradigms for distributed computing from which it has evolved.... / Design Issues in Mobile Agent Programming Systems br problems. Keywords Mobile agents Mobile code Distributed objects
25 Formal Models and Decision Procedures for Multi-Agent Systems - Rao, Georgeff (1995)(Correct)
The study of computational agents capable of rational behaviour has received a great
deal of attention in recent years. A number of theoretical formalizations for such multiagent
systems have been pro... / formalizations for such multiagent systems have been proposed. br and Decision Procedures for Multi-Agent Systems June Technical
25 Learning To Solve Markovian Decision Processes - Singh (1994)(Correct)
LEARNING TO SOLVE MARKOVIAN DECISION PROCESSES February 1994 Satinder P. Singh B.Tech., INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NEW DELHI M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHU... / . Learning and Autonomous Agents
24 Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving - Wooldridge (1996)(Correct)
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build
systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number
of implementation-oriented models of cooperat... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Worlds br foundation of coordination in multiagent systems. Knowledge Engineering
24 Agent-Based Software Engineering - Mike Wooldridge (1994)(Correct)
ion
. An agent in AOP (as in DAI) is an
autonomous concurrently executing reactive
process...
Autonomy: agents execute without direct human
or other intervention, and have control over
their own sta... / abstractions the autonomous agent abstraction the br Modelling of Computational Multi-Agent Systems. PhD thesis Department of
24 Negotiation through argumentation-a preliminary report - Parsons, Jennings (1996)(Correct)
The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems
from the requirement for agents to solve the problems
posed by their interdependence upon one another. Negotiation
provides a solution to these pr... / using the notion of autonomous agents. These applications vary br The need for negotiation in multi-agent systems stems from the requirement
24 ARACHNID: Adaptive Retrieval Agents Choosing Heuristic Neighborhoods.. - Menczer (1997)(Correct)
ARACHNID is a distributed algorithm for information discovery in large, dynamic, distributed environments such as the World Wide Web. The approach is based on a distributed, adaptive population of int... / browsing at the user's end. Autonomous agents or semi-intelligent br expect to see servers allowing mobile agents to use up some CPU cycles in
24 Robot Shaping: Experiment In Behavior Engineering - Dorigo, Colombetti (1997)(Correct)
its performance. In
fact, we use the expression robot shaping to denote the use of learning as a means to translate
suggestions coming from an external trainer into an effective control strategy that... / current research on learning autonomous agents is that the trainer plays a
23 Intelligent Adaptive Information Agents - Decker (1996)(Correct)
Adaptation in open, multi-agent information gathering systems
is important for several reasons. These reasons include
the inability to accurately predict future problem-solving workloads,
future chang... / agent can then be used by a multiagent system to form several different br building and analyzing multi-agent systems that exist in these types
23 Transportable Information Agents - Rus (1996)(Correct)
Transportable agents are autonomous programs. They can move through a heterogeneous network of computers under their own control, migrating from host to host. They can sense the state of the network, ... / and adaptive behavior of autonomous agents in distributed br DJR Transportable Agents Autonomous agents should move
23 Lecture Notes in Computer Science - Part Of (1997)(Correct)
202, 191, 1903, 207, 1559, 208,
209, 304, 206, 205, 85, 204, 83, 187, 1909,
1534, 1177].
Abstraction [716, 1011, 1767, 1782].
Abstractions [157]. AC [1255].
AC-Unification [1255].
Accelerated [10... / supporting the evolution of autonomous agents' tactical and operational br language for cognitive multi-agent systems. Lecture Notes in
23 A Service-Oriented Negotiation Model between Autonomous Agents - Sierra, Faratin, Jennings (1997)(Correct)
We present a formal model of negotiation between autonomous
agents. The purpose of the negotiation is to reach an agreement
about the provision of a service by one agent for another. The model defin... / Negotiation Model between Autonomous Agents Carles Sierra br International Conference on MultiAgent Systems pages - San
23 Protecting Mobile Agents through Tracing - Vigna (1997)(Correct)
Mobile code systems provide a flexible and powerful platform to build distributed applications in an Internet scale, but they rise strong requirements from the security point of view. Security issues ... / Protecting Mobile Agents through Tracing Giovanni
23 Forming Coalitions in the Face of Uncertain Rewards - Ketchpel (1994)(Correct)
When agents are in an environment where they can interact with each other, groups of agents may agree to work together for the benefit of all the members of the group. Finding these coalitions of agen... / Workshop on Modeling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World br Two Many Coalitions in Multi-agent Systems. In PreProceedings of the
23 Model Checking of Message Sequence Charts - Alur, Yannakakis (1999)(Correct)
Scenario-based specifications such as message sequence charts
(MSC) offer an intuitive and visual way of describing design requirements.
Such specifications focus on message exchanges among communic... / to asynchronous processes or autonomous agents. Messages exchanged between
23 Agent-Oriented Software Engineering - Nicholas Jennings Dept (2000)(Correct)
ion: The process of defining a simplified model of the system that emphasises some of the details or properties,
while suppressing others.
. Organisation
1
: The process of identifying and managing... / are being viewed in terms of autonomous agents. Agents are being espoused br design their applications as multi-agent systems needs to be devised there
22 Coalitions among Computationally Bounded Agents - Sandholm, Lesser(Correct)
This paper analyzes coalitions among self-interested agents that need to solve combinatorial optimization problems to operate efficiently in the world. By colluding (coordinating their actions by solv... / via coalition formation among autonomous agents. In Proceedings of the br On the other hand in multiagent systems
22 Coordinating Multiagent Applications on the WWW: A Reference.. - Ciancarini, Tolksdorf, Vitali.. (1998)(Correct)
The original Web did not support multiuser, interactive applications. This shortcoming is being studied, and several
approaches have been proposed to use the Web as a platform for programming Internet... / homeagent looks like an autonomous agent. It has full access to br to support fault-tolerance and mobile agents as well. Index
22 Evolution of Corridor Following Behavior in a Noisy World - Reynolds (1994)(Correct)
Robust behavioral control programs for a simulated 2d vehicle can be constructed by artificial evolution. Corridor following serves here as an example of a behavior to be obtained through evolution. A... / reactive controllers for autonomous agents can be a challenging task.
22 An Introduction to Software Agents - Bradshaw (1997)(Correct)
ion and delegation: Agents can be made extensible and composable in ways that common iconic interface objects cannot. Because we can "communicate" with them, they can share our goals, rather than simp... / II that anything resembling autonomous agents has begun to appear. Norman br Coevolution and Learning in Multiagent Systems Papers from the AAAI
21 Behavior-Based Control: Examples from Navigation, Learning, and Group .. - Mataric (1997)(Correct)
This paper describes the main properties of
behavior-based approaches to control. Different
approaches to designing and using behaviors
as basic units for control, representation,
and learning are ill... / of basic approaches to autonomous agent control reactive br Adaptation and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems'Vol. Lecture Notes in
21 A Market Protocol for Decentralized Task Allocation - Walsh, Wellman (1998)(Correct)
We present a decentralized market protocol for allocating
tasks among agents that contend for scarce resources.
Agents trade tasks and resources at prices determined by an
auction protocol. We specify... / negotiation model between autonomous agents. Robotics and Autonomous br . Introduction In a multiagent system MAS we must often address
21 A Market Protocol for Decentralized Task Allocation and Scheduling.. - Walsh (1998)(Correct)
I present a decentralized market protocol for allocating and scheduling
tasks among agents to form supply chains. The protocol resolves
constraints arising from hierarchical subtask relationships and
... / an open question as to how autonomous agents would actually choose to br domain. Overview In a multiagent system MAS we must often address
21 Market-based Resource Control for Mobile Agents - Bredin, Kotz, Rus (1998)(Correct)
Mobile agents are programs that can migrate from machine to machine in a heterogeneous, partially disconnected network. As mobile agents move across a network, they consume resources. We discuss a sys... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - Marina Del br on resource control in multiagent systems we compute the buyer's
21 Negotiation Decision Functions for Autonomous Agents - Faratin, Sierra, Jennings (1998)(Correct)
We present a formal model of negotiation between autonomous agents. The purpose
of the negotiation is to reach an agreement about the provision of a service by
one agent for another. The model defines... / Decision Functions for Autonomous Agents Peyman Faratin Carles br evaluated. Keywords Multi-agent systems Negotiation Business
21 Sensory-motor coordination: the metaphor and beyond - Pfeifer, Scheier(Correct)
Any agent in the real world has to be able to make distinctions between different types of objects, i.e. it
must have the competence of categorization. In mobile agents, there is a large variation in ... / -categorization -autonomous agents -learning Introduction br competence of categorization. In mobile agents there is a large variation in
20 The Saphira Architecture: A Design for Autonomy - Konolige, Myers, Ruspini, Saffiotti (1997)(Correct)
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI) 9, 1997, 215-235.
Special issue on Architectures for Physical Agents.
Mobile robots, if they areto perform useful tasks andbecom... / a scenario in which the autonomous agent must perform. To push our br International. Autonomous Mobile Agents What are the minimal
20 Building Emotional Agents - Reilly, Bates (1992)(Correct)
The Oz project is developing technology for high quality interactive fiction and virtual realities. An important aspect of this research is the development of intelligent, emotional agents to occupy t... / agent architecture autonomous agents emotion social knowledge
20 AntNet: Distributed Stigmergetic Control for Communications Networks - Di Caro, Dorigo (1998)(Correct)
This paper introduces AntNet, a novel approach to the adaptive learning of routing tables in communications networks. AntNet is a distributed, mobile agents based Monte Carlo system that was inspired ... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pp. - . ACM Press. br P.Veloso M. M. Multiagent systems A survey from a machine
20 On Being Responsible - Jennings (1992)(Correct)
this paper is
to provide a framework in which one particular class of social activity can be formalised and
ultimately analysed: namely that in which a group of autonomous agents (at least two)
decide... / that in which a group of autonomous agents at least two decides they br of Conflict in Cooperative Multi-Agent Systems Proc MAAMAW
20 Patterns of Intelligent and Mobile Agents - Kendall, Krishna, Pathak, Suresh (1998)(Correct)
Agent systems must have a strong foundation; one approach that has been successfully applied to other kinds of software is patterns. This paper presents a collection of patterns for agents. 2. MOTIVAT... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Worlds br the Practical Application of Multi Agent Systems London .
20 Defending a Computer System using Autonomous Agents - Crosbie, Spafford (1996)(Correct)
This report presents a prototype architecture of a defense mechanism for computer systems. The intrusion
detection problem is introduced and some of the key aspects of any solution are explained. Stan... / a Computer System using Autonomous Agents Mark Crosbie Gene
19 Diagnosis as an Integral Part of Multi-Agent Adaptability - Horling, Lesser, Vincent, Bazzan.. (1999)(Correct)
Agents working under real world conditions may face an environment capable of changing rapidly from one moment to the next, either through perceived faults, unexpected interactions or adversarial intr... / controlled by an individual autonomous agent. The intelligent home br of an intelligent home multiagent system Lesser et al. In