Abstract Robotic Development Environments (RDEs) have come to play an increasingly
important role in robotics research in general, and for the development of architectures for …

The notion of an intelligent agent as an entity which appears to be the subject of mental
attitudes like beliefs, desires and intentions (hence, the BDI acronym) is well known and …

AGENT INTELLIGENCE THROUGH DATA MINING offers a self-contained overview of a
relatively young but important area of research: the intersection of agent technology and …

Abstract Concepts of swarm intelligence are becoming increasingly relevant in the field of
architectural design. An example is the use of agent-based modeling and simulation …

Adopting an informational perspective towards knowledge work, this book investigates how
enterprise portals can promote knowledge creation, distribution, and use. Moving beyond …

Scientific study of multi-agent systems (MAS) requires infrastructure such as development
testbeds and simulation tools for repeatable, controlled experiments with MAS structure and …

Conducting research on a computer science topic and writing a thesis in a collaborative
research project where the thesis results are at the same time the basis for scientific …

Today's security systems have been drawing great attentions as cryptographic algorithms
have gained popularity due to the nature that make them suitable for use in constrained …

Abstract Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) provide a valuable tool for handling increasing
software complexity and supporting rapid and accurate decision making. Various …

The research discipline of multi-agent systems is characterized by a high degree of
heterogeneity. This heterogeneity leads to a vast amount of options (eg different …