The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents
interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as …

Computers are not very good at knowing what to do: every action a computer performs must
be explicitly anticipated, planned for, and coded by a programmer. If a computer program …

This paper provides a survey of existing research on agent-based approaches to
transportation and traffic management. A framework for describing and assessing this work …

Since the first edition was published two years ago, much has been done on extend ing the
work done on SMART to address new and important areas [3-5, 54, 79, 80, 108 …

In this paper we present some concepts and their relations that are necessary for modeling
autonomous agents in an environment that is governed by some (social) norms. We divide …

What makes teamwork tick? Cooperation matters, in daily life and in complex applications.
After all, many tasks need more than a single agent to be effectively performed. Therefore …

The objective of this paper is twofold. In its first part, we survey the state of the art in research
on agent architectures. The architecture of an agent describes its modules and capabilities …

Agent-based modelling is a successful technique in many different fields of science. As a
bottom-up method, it is able to simulate complex behaviour based on simple rules and show …

A cooperative negotiation approach for the real-time control of cellular network coverage is
described. The performance of the whole cellular network is improved by contracting and …

We present a formalism for the specification of agents within a multi-agent system in which
we characterize agents through a layered architecture with bridge rules between formal …