Product-mix problems, where a range of products that generate different incomes compete
for a limited set of production resources, are key to the success of many organisations. In …

Gaia was the first complete methodology proposed for the development of multi-agent
systems (MASs), and was subsequently improved to designing and building systems in …

In a cooperative convoy, a vehicle interacts with other vehicles, service providers and
infrastructure systems to make the travel safe and convenient. Through these interactions a …

Abstract Development of self-adaptive systems situated in open and uncertain environments
is a great challenge in the community of software engineering due to the unpredictability of …

Adaptation in multiagent systems societies provides a paradigm for allowing these societies
to change dynamically in order to satisfy the current requirements of the system. This support …

This chapter proposes a multi-agent organization model for self-adaptive software to
examine the autonomous components and their self-adaptation that can be occurred at …

This thesis introduces a novel framework to address challenges in develo** socially-
aware applications. The framework includes an approach to model, represent, reason about …

Organizational structures control goal-directed activities of companies or groups in an
efficient manner. These activities are typically described using rules, roles, and …

We present a social context as a service (SCaaS) platform for managing adaptations in
collaborative pervasive applications that support interactions among a dynamic group of …

Pervasive computing envisions “smart” places where people are assisted in their daily life by
various technologies that move to the background, being invisible yet significantly helpful …