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Automated Discovery of Concise Predictive Rules for Intrusion.. - Helmer, Wong, Honavar, Miller (2001)(Correct)
This paper details an essential component of a multi-agent distributed knowledge network system for intrusion detection. We describe a distributed intrusion detection architecture, complete with a dat... / for Intrusion Detection using Autonomous Agents. Department of Computer br Java and ObjectSpace's Voyager mobile agent facility ObjectSpace In
Manufacturing Systems Integration and Agility: Can Mobile Agents Help? - Papaioannou, Edwards (2001)(Correct)
Mobile code is being championed as a solution to a plethora of software problems. This
paper investigates whether Mobile Agents and Mobile Objects support improved system
integration and agility in th... / a Program A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents Proc. of the rd Int. br Integration and Agility Can Mobile Agents Help Authors Todd
A Plan Based Agent Architecture for Interpreting Natural Language.. - Ardissono, Boella, Lesmo (2000)(Correct)
This paper describes a plan-based agent architecture for modeling NL cooperative
dialogue; in particular, the paper focuses on the interpretation dialogue and
explanation of its coherence by means of ... / as an interaction among autonomous agents. Each agent has his own br In Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems pages - . Kluwer
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering - Jennings, Wooldridge (2000)(Correct)
Agent-oriented techniques represent an exciting new means of analysing, designing and building complex
software systems. They have the potential to significantly improve current practice in software
... / a collection of interacting autonomous agents i.e.as a multi-agent br and verification of multiagent systems Int. Journal of
Towards Flexible Teamwork in Persistent Teams: Extended Report - Milind Tambe And (2000)(Correct)
Teamwork is a critical capability in multi-agent environments. Many such environments
mandate that the agents and agent-teams must be persistent i.e., exist
over long periods of time. Agents in suc... / a program A taxonomy for autonomous agents'In Proceedings of the br are presented. Keywords Multi-agent systems Teamwork Persistence
Coordinating Mutually Exclusive Resources using GPGP - Keith Decker And (2000)(Correct)
Hospital Patient Scheduling is an inherently distributed problem because of the
way real hospitals are organized. As medical procedures have become more complex, and their
associated tests and treat... / foundation of coordination in multiagent systems. The Knowledge Engineering br hospital units. Keywords Multi-agent systems coordination distributed
Synthesizing Coordination Requirements for Heterogeneous Autonomous.. - Singh (2000)(Correct)
As agents move into ever more important applications, there is a natural growth in interest in techniques
for synthesizing multiagent systems. We describe an approach for engineering the coordinatio... / for Heterogeneous Autonomous Agents MUNINDAR P. SINGH br techniques for synthesizing multiagent systems. We describe an approach for
Towards A Systematic Repository Of Knowledge About Managing.. - Klein, DELLAROCAS (2000)(Correct)
A critical challenge to creating effective agent-based systems is
allowing them to operate effectively in environments where failures
(`exceptions') can occur. An important barrier to achieving this... / International Conference On Autonomous Agents agents ' Seattle br these departures from ideal multiagent system behavior can be called
Design-to-Criteria Scheduling: Real-Time Agent Control - Wagner, Lesser (2000)(Correct)
Design-to-Criteria builds custom schedules for agents that meet hard temporal constraints, hard resource constraints, and soft constraints stemming from soft task interactions or soft commitments made... / Introduction Complex autonomous agents operating in open dynamic br International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems ICMAS pages
SAGE Agent for the SATELIT Web-based system - Akoulchina, Ganascia (2000)(Correct)
This article presents SAGE, an
adaptive interface agent for the Web-based
SATELIT system. This system is dedicated to
developing and browsing a Web-based catalogues
in the fields of natural sciences... / methodologies Modeling of autonomous agents . INTRODUCTION With the
Causal Deontic Logic - van der Torre (2000)(Correct)
In this paper we introduce a descriptive temporal deontic logic
based on causal theories. The underlying nonmonotonic temporal
logic has two distinctive properties. First, it distinguishes between
obs... / to his employee and autonomous agents may exchange their
Spatial Agents Implemented in a Logical Expressible Language - Stolzenburg, Obst, Murray, Bremer (2000)(Correct)
In this paper, we present a multi-layered architecture for spatial and temporal
agents. The focus is laid on the declarativity of the approach, which makes
agent scripts expressive and well understand... / to be solved by a team of autonomous agents are many-sided and complex. br provide an architecture for multi-agent systems see e.g. Rao
Varying the User Interaction within Multi-Agent Systems - Payne, Sycara, Lewis, Lenox, Hahn (2000)(Correct)
Agents within an open multi-agent system are located
through their advertisements with middle agents. Such advertisements
describe the agent's capability, ontology, query
or task speci cation, and det... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Agents- ACM br the User Interaction within Multi-Agent Systems Terry R. Payne Katia
mile: Marshalling Passions in Training and Education - Jonathan Gratch University (2000)(Correct)
Emotional reasoning can be an important contribution to auto-
mated tutoring and training systems. This paper describes mile, a
model of emotional reasoning that builds upon existing approaches
and si... / L. . Goal Processing in Autonomous Agents. Ph.D Thesis CSRP- - br Model of Emotions in a Multi-agent System. Ph.D Thesis TR
XML Dataspaces for Mobile Agent Coordination - Cabri, Leonardi, Zambonelli (2000)(Correct)
This paper presents XMARS, a programmable coordination architecture for
Internet applications based on mobile agents. In XMARS, agents coordinate --
both with each other and with their current execu... / Development Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems br of Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems Vol. No. pp.
A Social Semantics for Agent Communication Languages - Munindar Singh Department (2000)(Correct)
The ability to communicate is one of the salient properties of agents. Although a number of agent
communication languages (ACLs) have been developed, obtaining a suitable formal semantics for ACLs
rem... / web-based multiagent systems. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems br of the greatest challenges of multiagent systems theory. Previous semantics
Ant-Like Missionaries and Cannibals: Synthetic Pheromones for.. - Van Dyke Parunak (2000)(Correct)
Many applied problems in domains such as military operations,
manufacturing, and logistics require that entities change location
under certain constraints. These problems are traditionally
addressed w... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World br at risk. Recent research in multi-agent systems has developed negotiation
CodeWeave: Exploring Fine-Grained Mobility of Code - Mascolo, Picco, Roman (2000)(Correct)
This paper explores the range of constructs and issues facing the designer of mobile code systems which allow for the unit of mobility to be finer-grained than that of execution. Mobile Unity, a notat... / at rd Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents Agents' May . br program units called mobile agents migrate from site to site.
Implementing a Business Process Management System using ADEPT: A.. - Jennings Faratin (2000)(Correct)
This paper describes how ADEPT's agent-based design and implementation philosophy was used
to prototype a business process management system for a real-world application. The application illustrated... / Decision Functions for Autonomous Agents. Int. Journal of Robotics br can be conceived of as a multi-agent system ii it highlights many of
Experimental Results with Real-Time Scheduling Using DECAF - John Graham Michael (2000)(Correct)
DECAF [6] is a software toolkit for the rapid design, development,
and execution of "intelligent" agents to achieve
solutions in complex software systems. From a research
community perspective, DECAF ... / cost of network overhead in a multiagent system. ffl to develop a basic br Action scheduling Multi-agent systems. Introduction DECAF
Economic Theory, Anticipatory Systems and Artificial Adaptive Agents - Rivero (2000)(Correct)
In this paper we propose an artificial intelligence
approach to simulation in economics based on a
multiagent system. The multiagent approach is based
on the seminal work of Holland & Miller [6], in
w... / . Davidsson P. Autonomous Agents and the Concept of br in economics based on a multiagent system. The multiagent approach is
Managing Conflicts in Reflective Agents - Brazier, Treur (2000)(Correct)
This chapter addresses management of conflicts in an agent by means of reflective reasoning. A
structure for reflective agents is proposed within which reasoning about observation, assumption
making a... / many are. The metaphor of autonomous agents in interaction with each br is viewed to be an autonomous agent. Autonomous agents are often reflective
A Framework to Protect Mobile Agents by Using Reference States - Hohl (2000)(Correct)
To protect mobile agents from attacks by their execution
environments, or hosts, one class of protection mechanisms
uses "reference states" to detect modification attacks. Reference
states are agent s... / A Framework to Protect Mobile Agents by Using Reference States
The Morph Node - Alexa, Behr, Müller (2000)(Correct)
We discuss potential and limitations of a Morph Node, inspired by
the corresponding construct in Java3D. A Morph Node in Java3D
interpolates vertex attributes among several homeomorphic geometries.
Th... / P. Maes. Modeling Adaptive Autonomous Agents Langton V. Ed. br example based on intelligent mobile agents In this scenario the
Non-Supervised Sensory-Motor Agents Learning - Wazlawick (2000)(Correct)
This text initially discusses the distribution of neurons in a neural network with non-supervised
learning. A proposal for creation and destruction of neurons based on the activity related to the
conc... / The notion of an autonomous agent plays a central role in
A Study on Mobile Language Systems - Sekiguchi (1999)(Correct)
The mobile form of distributed computation, called mobile computation,
is investigated from the viewpoints of computational model, programming
language and implementation. The emphasis of this thesi... / for efficient execution of mobile agents ffl theories for mobile br states which constitute mobile agents. Mobile computation is a discourse
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Weighting and Partitioning - Sun, Peterson (1999)(Correct)
This paper addresses weighting and partitioning in complex reinforcement learning tasks,
with the aim of facilitating learning. The paper presents some ideas regarding weighting
of multiple agents and... / RL i.e.learning by autonomous agents on the basis of only simple br The general structure of a multi-agent system when hard non-overlapping
Cooperative Multiagent Systems: A Personal View of the State of the.. - Lesser (1999)(Correct)
Scientific research and practice in multiagent systems focuses on constructing
computational frameworks, principles, and models for how both small and large societies of
intelligent, semi-autonomous a... / of intelligent semi-autonomous agents can interact effectively to br Cooperative Multiagent Systems A Personal View of the
Emergent cooperative goal-satisfaction in large scale automated-agent .. - Shehory, Kraus, al. (1999)(Correct)
Cooperation among autonomous agents has been discussed in the DAI community
for several years. Papers about cooperation [6,45], negotiation [33], distributed
planning [5], and coalition formation [28,... / Abstract Cooperation among autonomous agents has been discussed in the br International Conference on Multiagent Systems pages -
Modeling Belief in Dynamic Systems. Part II: Revision and Update - Friedman (1999)(Correct)
The study of belief change has been an active area in philosophy and AI. In recent years
two special cases of belief change, belief revision and belief update, have been studied in
detail. In a compan... / in distributed i.e.multiagent systems Halpern and Fagin br for analyzing knowledge in multi-agent systems introduced in Halpern
Mobile agents in distributed information retrieval - Brewington, Gray, Moizumi, Kotz.. (1999)(Correct)
A mobile agent is an executing program that can migrate during execution from machine to machine in
a heterogeneous network. On each machine, the agent interacts with stationary service agents and oth... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - . ACM Press br Mobile agents in distributed information
Thesis Topic Proposal - Erignac (1999)(Correct)
This paper proposes the development of a semi-qualitative simulation framework
for virtual environments. Its purpose is to simulate the behavior of
complex devices and their interaction with virtual h... / each virtual human is an autonomous agent communicating with other br Autonomus Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - .
Secure Mobile Code: The JavaSeal experiment - Vitek, Bryce (1999)(Correct)
Mobile agents are programs that move between sites during execution
to benefit from the services and information present at each site. To gain
wide acceptance, strong security guarantees must be given... / of Geneva Abstract Mobile agents are programs that move between
Strategies in Combined Learning via Logic Programs - Lamma, Riguzzi, Pereira (1999)(Correct)
We discuss the adoption of a three-valued setting for inductive concept learning.
Distinguishing between what is true, what is false and what is unknown can be useful in situations
where decisions h... / is typically the case of an autonomous agent that in an incremental way
Embodied Evolution: Embodying an Evolutionary Algorithm in a.. - Watson, Ficici, Pollack (1999)(Correct)
We introduce Embodied Evolution (EE) as a methodology for the automatic design of robotic controllers. EE is an
evolutionary robotics (ER) technique that avoids the pitfalls of the simulate-and-transf... / case we build an independent autonomous agent for each sub-problem using br International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems ICMAS- . Beckers R.
Coalition Structure Generation with Worst Case Guarantees - Sandholm, Larson, Andersson.. (1999)(Correct)
Coalition formation is a key topic in multiagent systems. One may prefer a
coalition structure that maximizes the sum of the values of the coalitions, but
often the number of coalition structures is t... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents AGENTS pages - br formation is a key topic in multiagent systems. One may prefer a coalition
Learning Situation-Specific Coordination in Cooperative Multi-agent.. - Prasad, Lesser (1999)(Correct)
Achieving effective cooperation in a multi-agent system is a difficult problem for a number of
reasons such as limited and possiblyout-dated views of activities of other agents and uncertainty
about t... / cooperative control in a multiagent system. Effective cooperation in a br Coordination in Cooperative Multi-agent Systems M V Nagendra Prasad and
Meta-Agent Programs - Dix, Subrahmanian, Pick (1999)(Correct)
There are numerous applications where an agent a needs to reason about the beliefs
of another agent, as well as about the actions that other agents may take. In (20)
the concept of an agent program is... / be autonomous and that such autonomous agents should behave according to br logic programming towards multi-agent systems. Annals of Mathematics and
Multiagent Systems and Societies of Agents - Huhns, Stephens (1999)(Correct)
Introduction
Agents operate and exist in some environment, which typically is both computational
and physical. The environment might be open or closed, and it might or
might not contain other agents.... / is best thought of as an autonomous agent that finds conveys or br Multiagent Systems and Societies of Agents
Dynamic Reconfiguration in Collaborative Problem Solving - Hannebauer, Kühnel (1999)(Correct)
In this article we will describe our research efforts in
coping with a trade-off that can be often found in
the control and optimization of todays business processes.
Though centralized control may ac... / call the procedure in which autonomous agents pursue a common goal br planning. In Weiss G.ed.Multiagent Systems -A Modern Approach to
The Cooperative Problem-Solving Process - Wooldridge, Jennings (1999)(Correct)
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning,
with some agent recognising the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its
goals, through to ... / CPS in which a group of autonomous agents choose to work together to br Model Formalism in AI and multi-agent systems research plays many roles
Communication of Inductive Inference - Davies (1999)(Correct)
Introduction
The "software agent" metaphor has become increasingly commonplace in the software
world over the last few years. The term "agent" has its origins in traditional AI research,
but it has b... / free for other tasks Multi-Agent Systems These are software systems br information sources Mobile Agents Programs that can travel
Feasible formation of coalitions among autonomous agents in.. - Shehory, Kraus (1999)(Correct)
Cooperating and sharing resources by creating coalitions of agents are an important
way for autonomous agents to execute tasks and to maximize payoff. Such coalitions
will form only if each member of ... / formation of coalitions among autonomous agents in non-super-additive br AI Coalition Formation Multi-Agent Systems. This material is
The JavaSeal Mobile Agent Kernel - Bryce, Vitek (1999)(Correct)
Mobile agents show promise as a new distributed programming paradigm in which locality plays a central role --- programs that are able to move closer to their data can overcome limitations of connecti... / The JavaSeal Mobile Agent Kernel Ciar'an Bryce
A Perspective on Software Agents Research - Nwana, Nduma (1999)(Correct)
This paper sets out, ambitiously, to present a brief reappraisal of software agents research. Evidently, software
agent technology has promised much. However some five years after the word `agent' ca... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents AA ICMAS PAAM and AA br need to visualise and debug multiagent systems -and this is a
Heterogeneous Active Agents, III: Polynomially Implementable Agents - Eiter, al. (1999)(Correct)
In (Eiter, Subrahmanian, and Pick 1999), the authors have introduced techniques to build
agents on top of arbitrary data structures, and to "agentize" new/existing programs. They provided a
series o... / be autonomous and that such autonomous agents should behave according to a br Chawathe et al. to mobile agents Rus Gray and Kotz
A Web-Based Distributed Programming Environment - Aoki (1999)(Correct)
A Web-Based Distributed Programming
Environment
Kiyoko F. Aoki
A Java-based system, the GeoJAVA System, that allows a user to remotely
compile his/her own C/C++ programs and execute them for visualiz... / ORB that combines mobile autonomous agents and remote method invocation br little applications applets mobile agents search engines and online
A Multiagent Framework for Planning, Reacting, and Learning - Weiss (1999)(Correct)
There are two main approaches to activity coordination in multiagent systems,
plan-based coordination and reactive coordination, each having its speci c advantages
and disadvantages. This paper des... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Agents' pages - br to activity coordination in multiagent systems plan-based coordination
Analysis on a mobile agent based algorithm for network management - Sum, Shen, Young (1999)(Correct)
Recent advance in the agent technology has brought
in a new method for network routing, the ant routing
algorithm. Although its effectiveness and efficiency
have been demonstrated and reported in the ... / International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems ICMAS - br Analysis on a mobile agent based algorithm for network
The Interoperability Problem: Bringing together Mobile Agents and.. - Labrou, Finin, Peng (1999)(Correct)
Interoperability is a central issue for both the mobile
agents community and the wider agents community. Unfortunately,
the interoperability concerns are different between
the two communities. As a re... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Marina del Ray CA . br survey of the various multi-agent systems that use an ACL for
Agents Learning in a Three-Valued Logical Setting - Lamma, Riguzzi, Pereira (1999)(Correct)
We show that the adoption of a three-valued setting
for inductive concept learning is particularly useful for
learning in single and multiple agent systems.
Distinguishing between what is true, what i... / is typically the case of an autonomous agent that in an incremental way
Specification, Measurement, and Adjustment of Agent Autonomy: Theory.. - Barber, Martin (1999)(Correct)
Autonomy is an often cited but rarely agreed upon agent characteristic. Although no definition of agent
autonomy is universally accepted, exploring the concept of autonomy offers many useful insights.... / itself. Submitted to Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems br framework for a multiagent system varies with changes in
A Collective Robotics Application Based On Emergence And.. - Chantemargue, Hirsbrunner (1999)(Correct)
This paper presents a collective robotics application,
which consists of making a pool of robots regroup objects
that are distributed in their environment. The
innovative aspect in our approach rests ... / particularly in that of Autonomous Agents. We are concerned with br Behavior in Autonomous Agents. Autonomous Agents Adaptive Behaviors
"Go to the Ant": Engineering Principles from Natural Multi-Agent.. - Parunak (1999)(Correct)
Agent architectures need to organize themselves and adapt dynamically to changing circumstances without top-down control from a system operator. Some researchers provide this capability with complex a... / agent sometimes called an autonomous agent to emphasize that it does br principles that artificial multiagent systems can use to support overall
Achieving Coordination through Combining Joint Planning and Joint.. - Weiss (1999)(Correct)
There are two major approaches to activity coordination in multiagent systems.
First, by endowing the agents with the capability to jointly plan, that is, to jointly
generate hypothetical activity ... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Agents' pages br to activity coordination in multiagent systems. First by endowing the
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
Agent Virtual Organizations within the Framework of Network.. - Ambroszkiewicz (1999)(Correct)
We study the concept of agent virtual organization and show how it relates to the paradigm of
Network Based Computing [28]. We also discuss the paradigm of BDI-agent trying to show that
sophisticated ... / comes up the idea of mobile autonomous agent as a solution hardware br overview. In the context of Multi-Agent Systems organizations are regarded
Concurrent Programming for Distributed Artificial Intelligence - Agha, Jamali (1999)(Correct)
Introduction The increasing performance and decreasing cost of processors and computer networks has continued to fuel an explosion of interest in solving larger problems using concurrent computing. In... / may create or invoke other autonomous agents. The resource consumption br Intelligence Appeared in Multiagent Systems A Modern Approach to DAI
Mobile Agent Programming in Ajanta - Anand Tripathi (1999)(Correct)
This paper gives an overview of Ajanta, a Java-based
system for mobile-agent programming. We outline the
Ajanta architecture, and discuss the basic elements that
comprise an agent-based application. A... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents May . Available at br Mobile Agent Programming in Ajanta
Exception Handling in Agent Systems - Mark Klein (1999)(Correct)
A critical challenge to creating effective agent-based systems is allowing them to operate effectively
when the operating environment is complex, dynamic, and error-prone. In this paper we will
review... / about the different ways multi-agent systems can get sick actively
Component based agent construction - Skarmeas (1999)(Correct)
In this paper, an agent architecture is proposed that can be used to
integrate pre-existing components that provide the domain dependent agent functionality.
The key integrating feature of the agent... / for the Development of Multiagent Systems. In C. Zhang and D. Lukose br the current state of the multi-agent system and for invoking the
Studying Robot Social Cognition Within A Developmental Psychology.. - Dautenhahn, Billard (1999)(Correct)
This paper discusses two prominent theories of cognitive
development and relates them to experiments in
social robotics. The main difference between these theories
lies in the different views on the r... / research direction in autonomous agents. We give examples of br correlated events in autonomous mobile agents. Adaptive Behavior journal
A Software Engineering Perspective on Mobility - Roman, Murphy, Picco (1999)(Correct)
The term distributed computing conjures the image of
a fixed network structure whose nodes support the execution
of processes that communicate with each other
via messages traveling along links. Peer-... / become regarded as mobile agents autonomously performing tasks without br units which become regarded as mobile agents autonomously performing tasks
Security in the Ajanta Mobile Agent System - Karnik (1999)(Correct)
This paper describes the security architecture of
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An Agent-Based Approach to Distributed Simulation, Distributed.. - Mascardi (1999)(Correct)
Due to nowadays huge availability of data and software, a software developer must be able
not only to invent good algorithms and implement them efficiently, but also to assemble existing
components ... / As pointed out in Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems br thesis is to exploit the multi-agent system abstraction to build a tool
Incremental Code Mobility with XML - Emmerich, Mascolo, Finkelstein (1999)(Correct)
We demonstrate how XML and related technologies can be
used for code mobility at any granularity, thus overcoming
the restrictions of existing approaches. By not fixing a particular
granularity for mo... / code languages and systems. Mobile agents in which code and
Autonomy-Based Multi-Agent Systems: Statistical Issues - Chantemargue, Lerena, Courant (1999)(Correct)
This paper describes an autonomy-based multi-agent system and its application
to simulations in the framework of collective robotics. Experimental results measured
for a particular task, namely object... / particularly in that of Autonomous Agents We are concerned with br Behavior in Autonomous Agents. Autonomous Agents Adaptive Behaviors
Using Colored Petri Nets for Conversation Modeling - Cost, Chen, Finin, Labrou, peng (1999)(Correct)
Conversations are a useful means of structuring communicative interactions among agents. The
value of a conversation-based approach is largely determined by the conversational model it uses.
Finite ... / policies workshop at the Autonomous Agents Conference. A conversation br describing coordination in multiagent systems. In Victor Lesser editor
Towards Flexible Multi-Agent Decision-Making Under Time Pressure - Noh, Gmytrasiewicz (1999)(Correct)
To perform rational decision-making, autonomous agents need considerable computational resources. In multi-agent settings, when other agents are present in the environment, these demands are even more... / rational decision-making autonomous agents need considerable br International Conference on Multiagent Systems pages - July
Accounting for Cognitive Costs in On-line Auction Design - Parkes, Ungar, Foster (1999)(Correct)
Many auction mechanisms, including first and second price
ascending and sealed bid auctions, have been proposed and analyzed in
the economics literature. We compare the usefulness of different mecha... / since users with semi-autonomous agents can avoid the cognitive cost br auctions in computational multiagent systems. than its reservation
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
Agent-Oriented Design - Barber, Liu, Han (1999)(Correct)
Abstract. The recent development in the field of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has
attracted researchers from various fields with new techniques rapidly emerging. Due
to its multi-disciplinary nature, i... / European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agents World br development in the field of Multi-Agent Systems MAS has attracted
eMediator: A Next Generation Electronic Commerce Server - Sandholm (1999)(Correct)
This paper presents eMediator, a next generation electronic commerce server that demonstrates some ways in which AI, algorithmic support, and game theoretic incentive engineering can jointly improve t... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents AGENTS pages - br auction in computational multiagent systems. In Proceedings of the
Hierarchical Optimization of Policy-Coupled Semi-Markov Decision.. - Gang Wang, Sridhar Mahadevan (1999)(Correct)
One general strategy for approximately
solving large Markov decision processes is
"divide-and-conquer": the original problem
is decomposed into sub-problems which interact
with each other, but yet can... / Increasingly many aspects of autonomous agents including sensing br P.Layered Learning for Multi-Agent Systems Ph.D. thesis Carnegie
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
Uncertain Knowledge Representation and Communicative Behavior in.. - Sanguk Noh (1999)(Correct)
This paper reports on results we obtained on communication among artificial and human agents
interacting in a simulated air defense domain. In our research, we postulate that the artificial agents
use... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents This work has been br International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems pages - Menlo
Cooperating Mobile Agents for Mapping Networks - Minar, Kramer, Maes (1999)(Correct)
Contemporary computer networks are heterogeneous; even a single network consists of many kinds of processors and communications channels. But few programming tools embrace, or even acknowledge, this... / the dynamics of mobile multi-agent systems. The data of interest the br Cooperating Mobile Agents for Mapping Networks Nelson
LOmegaUI: Lovely OMEGA User Interface - Siekmann, Hess, Kohlhase.. (1999)(Correct)
The capabilities of a theorem proving interface are essential for the effective
use of (interactive) proof systems.
L
UI is the multi-modal interface that
combines several features: a graphical dis... / host. Since L UI is an autonomous agent it maintains its own
On the Efficiency and Scalability of Decentralised Monitoring using.. - Liotta, Knight, Pavlou (1999)(Correct)
This paper considers the problem of improving the efficiency and scalability of current monitoring systems,
which generally follow a centralised and static management model. Several alternative solu... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Agents ' May . . br Decentralised Monitoring using Mobile Agents Antonio Liotta
Distributed Reflective Architectures - Kennedy (1999)(Correct)
The autonomy of a system can be defined as its capability to recover from unforeseen
difficulties without any user intervention. This thesis proposal addresses a small part of
this problem, namely t... / to apply this requirement to autonomous agent architectures in order to br reflective architecture is a multi-agent system where each agent acts like a
Reasoning About Secrecy for Active Networks - Gunter, Kakkar, Abadi (1999)(Correct)
In this paper we develop a language of mobile agents called uPLAN for describing the capabilities
of active (programmable) networks. We use a formal semantics for uPLAN to demonstrate
how various ca... / paper we develop a language of mobile agents called uPLAN for describing
From active objects to autonomous agents - Guessoum, Briot (1999)(Correct)
This paper studies how to extend the concept of active object into a structure of agent. It first discusses the requirements for autonomous agents that are not covered by simple active objects. We pro... / From active objects to autonomous agents Zahia Guessoum and br to design and implement multi-agent systems and we highlight some
Logic in Computer Science: Modelling and Reasoning about Systems - Huth, Ryan (1999)(Correct)
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Market-Based Mobile-Agent Planning: A Thesis Proposal - Bredin (1999)(Correct)
A mobile-agent system is one where user programs (agents) may
voluntarily migrate from one computer (host) to another. As agents
move through the network, they consume resources at each host that
t... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - br Pattie Maes. Challenger A multiagent system for distributed resource
Mobile Agent Platforms for Web Databases: A Qualitative and.. - Samaras (1999)(Correct)
In this paper we present practical experiences gathered
from the employment of two popular Java-based
mobile-agent platforms, IBM's Aglets and Mitsubishi's
Concordia. We present some basic distributed... / the rd Annual Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - May . br Evaluation of a Massive Multi-Agent System. In Proceedings of the rd
A Fine-Grained Model for Code Mobility - Cecilia Mascolo (1999)(Correct)
In this paper we take the extreme view that every line of
code is potentially mobile, i.e., may be duplicated and/or moved from
one program context to another on the same host or across the network.... / demand remote evaluation and mobile agents The structure of the
Agents for the Masses? - Bradshaw, Greaves, Holmback.. (1999)(Correct)
This article
discusses our current research directions and
preliminary results in each of these areas.
Theory and tools for agent
communication unknown INTELLIGENT AGENTS
Agents for the Masses?
Jeffr... / to be published in Proc. Autonomous Agents ' ACM Press NewYork br about the different ways multiagent systems can get sick actively
Continuous Categories For a Mobile Robot - Michael Rosenstein (1999)(Correct)
Autonomous agents make frequent use of knowledge in
the form of categories --- categories of objects, human
gestures, web pages, and so on. This paper describes a
way for agents to learn such categori... / Abstract Autonomous agents make frequent use of
Mobile Computations and Hostile Hosts - Vitek, Castagna (1999)(Correct)
This paper scratches the surface of the problem of classifying
the attacks that a mobile computation can be subjected to in an
open network. The discussion is based on a simplified version of
the Seal... / of the size of the Internet. Mobile agent programming is a promising
Implementation and Evaluation of Rational Communicative Behavior in.. - Sanguk Noh (1999)(Correct)
This paper reports on results we obtained on communication
among artificial and human agents interacting in a simulated
air defense domain. In our research, we postulate that
the artificial agents use... / of communicating autonomous agents is closely related to BDI br International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems pages - Menlo
General Principles Of Learning-Based Multi-Agent Systems - Wolpert, Wheeler, al. (1999)(Correct)
We consider the problem of how to design large decentralized
multi-agent systems (MAS's) in an automated fashion, with
little or no hand-tuning. Our approach has each agent run
a reinforcement learnin... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pp xxx-xxx . iii. br learning cooperative multiagent systems. In Proceedings of the
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
Equilibria in Infinite Horizon Dynamic Games - Carlson, Haurie, Moresino.. (1999)(Correct)
This document is organized in 4 chapters. Chapter 1 that will appear in Encyclopedia
of Optimization unknown Equilibria in Infinite Horizon Dynamic Games
D. Carlson
and A. Haurie
with a contribution ... / to the theory of dynamic multiagent systems that have been made during a
Learning to remove Internet advertisements - Kushmerick (1999)(Correct)
AdEater is a fully implemented browsing assistant
that automatically removes advertisement images from
Internet pages. Unlike related systems that rely on
hand-crafted rules, AdEater takes an inductiv... / in rd Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents . Sec. that require
Reliable Communication for Highly Mobile Agents - Murphy, Picco (1999)(Correct)
The provision of a reliable communication infrastructure for mobile agents is still an open research issue. The challenge to reliability we address in this work does not come from the possibility of f... / Communication for Highly Mobile Agents Amy L. Murphy Gian Pietro
Learning Quantitative Knowledge for Multiagent Coordination - David Jensen (1999)(Correct)
A central challenge of multiagent coordination is reasoning
about how the actions of one agent affect the
actions of another. Knowledge of these interrelationships
can help coordinate agents --- preve... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents pages - . J. br of designing effective multiagent systems is managing non-local
A PATCHWORK Model for Evolutionary Algorithms with Structured and.. - Krink, Mayoh, al. (1999)(Correct)
The paper investigates a new Patchwork model for structured population in evolutionary search, where population size may vary. This model allows better control of both population diversity and selecti... / idea to model the evolution of autonomous agents in an ecological niche has br is closely related to multi-agent systems where a system is
Safe and Efficient Active Packets - Moore (1999)(Correct)
We present a new scheme for active, or programmable,
packets based upon a new packet language,
SNAP (Safe Networking with Active Packets)
. SNAP's semantics permit us to prove that all
SNAP programs a... / The SmartPackets when used as mobile agents to move about and con gure the
Autonomous Concept Formation - de Jong (1999)(Correct)
A model for the formation of situation concepts
is described. A characteristic of this form of
concept formation is that it does not require instructive
feedback. This renders it suitable for
concept... / for concept formation by autonomous agents. It is experimentally
Cover Page Applying Dynamic Planning Frameworks to Agent Goals - Barber And Martin (1999)(Correct)
Agent-based systems require flexibility to perform effectively in complex and dynamic environments.
When appropriate, agents should be able to take initiative for completing assigned tasks in the abs... / frequency just as a locally autonomous agent would but without br to meet these challenges for multiagent systems. DAA allows Sensible Agents
Composition of Services with Mobile Code - Queloz, Villazón (1999)(Correct)
Mobile code is slowly gaining acceptance but it is still
not clear where it is really useful. If not used judiciously it
may incur greater complexity of programming and degradation
of performances. Th... / International Conference on Autonomous Agents Agents' in br applications Research on mobile agents has used a similar approach
The Bases of Effective Coordination in Decentralized Multiagent.. - Rustogi, Singh (1999)(Correct)
Coordination is a recurring theme in multiagent systems design. We consider
the problem of achieving coordination in a system where the agents make autonomous
decisions based solely on local knowledge... / potentially conflicting autonomous agents. Despite its simplicity it br in Decentralized Multiagent Systems Sudhir K. Rustogi and
Rapid Concurrent Software Engineering in Competitive Situations - Hannebauer, Wendler.. (1999)(Correct)
This article is an experience report on the evolutionary
development process of AT Humboldt, a multi
agent system which has become World Champion 1997
and Vice World Champion 1998 of RoboCup simulator... / changes in the case of autonomous agents in highly dynamic and br process of AT Humboldt a multi agent system which has become World
A Behavioral Interface to Simulate Agent-Object Interactions in Real.. - Kallmann, Thalmann (1999)(Correct)
This paper shows a new approach to model and control
interactive objects for simulations with virtual human
agents when real time interactivity is essential. A general
conceptualization is made to mo... / of such applications are autonomous agents in virtual environments br Another level is to use agents' autonomous capacity to decide which
Coordinating Mobile Robot Group Behavior Using a Model of Interaction .. - Dani Goldberg (1999)(Correct)
In this paper we show how various levels of coordinated behavior
may be achieved in a group of mobile robots by using
a model of the interaction dynamics between a robot
and its environment. We presen... / In Practice and Future of Autonomous Agents. Mt. Verita Switzerland br event systems for autonomous mobile agents. In Proceedings Workshop on
MetaMorph: An Adaptive Agent-Based Architecture for Intelligent.. - Maturana, Shen, Norrie (1999)(Correct)
Global competition and rapidly changing customer requirements are forcing major changes in the production styles and configuration of manufacturing organizations. Traditional centralised manufacturing... / parts are encapsulated as autonomous agents. Each agent seamlessly br Developing industrial multi-agent systems. Proceedings of the First
Finding and Moving Constraints in Cyberspace - Gray, Hui, Preece (1999)(Correct)
Agent-based architectures are an effective method for
constructing open, dynamic, distributed information
systems. The KRAFT system exploits such an architecture,
focusing on the exchange of informati... / Use of constraints by autonomous agents In the KRAFT system as br the role of autonomous and mobile agents in KRAFT. Introduction
Norms in Artificial Decision Making - Boman (1999)(Correct)
A method for forcing norms onto individual agents in a multi-agent system is presented.
The agents under study are supersoft agents: autonomous artificial agents programmed
to represent and evaluate... / This article deals with autonomous agents which at least partly adhere br under study are supersoft agents autonomous artificial agents programmed
Deliberate Evolution in Multi-Agent Systems - Brazier, Jonker, Treur, Wijngaards (1999)(Correct)
This paper presents an architecture for an agent capable of deliberation about the creation of new agents, and of
actually creating a new agent in the multi-agent system, on the basis of this delibera... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World br Deliberate Evolution in Multi-Agent Systems Frances M.T. Brazier
Revenue Equivalence of Leveled Commitment Contracts - Sandholm, Zhou (1999)(Correct)
In automated negotiation systems consisting of self-interested agents,
contracts have traditionally been binding. Leveled commitment contracts
--- i.e. contracts where each party can decommit by payin... / Introduction In multiagent systems consisting of
Agent Autonomy: Specification, Measurement, and Dynamic Adjustment - Barber, Martin (1999)(Correct)
Autonomy is an often cited but rarely agreed upon agent characteristic. As the demand for agents capable of adjustable
autonomy increases, a formal definition of agent autonomy becomes necessary to pr... / Control Software Workshop at Autonomous Agents Agents' - . May br Fleixible Autonomy in Multiagent Systems Using Constraints. Applied
Multiagent Systems Engineering: A Methodology And Language for.. - DeLoach (1999)(Correct)
This paper overviews MaSE and provides a high-level
introduction to one critical component used within
MaSE, the Agent Modeling Language. Details on the
Agent Definition Language and detailed agent de... / Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent - br Systems AOIS -Multiagent Systems Engineering A Methodology