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An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems.
Barbara Messing
- Vol. 17, pp 58
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A multi-agent system for university course timetabling
Damjan Strnad,Nikola Guid +1 more
TL;DR: A new architecture and implementation of a multi-agent system for university timetable generation with advantages of direct resolution of conflicts, strategic versatility of negotiation, and natural representation of some real-life problems is presented.
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Formal Ensemble Engineering
Jeff W. Sanders,Graeme Smith +1 more
TL;DR: It is shown that it is possible to specialise that intimidating task to three levels of abstraction (the `micro, `macro' and `meso' levels), each potentially manageable by interesting extensions of standard formal software engineering.
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Information Coordination Using Meta-agents in Information Logistics Processes
Mats Apelkrans,Anne Håkansson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-agent is used to control the behaviour of a number of intelligent agents, where the meta-agents are working with coordination of the communication that takes place in a supply chain system.
Learning state-based behaviour using temporally related cases
W M W Michael,Babak Esfandiari +1 more
TL;DR: An approach to case retrieval that uses the expert’s past inputs and actions in order to allow for learning state-based behaviour and shows a significant accuracy improvement over retrieval that does not take into account any past information.
A decentralized approach for establishing a shared communication vocabulary
TL;DR: This paper describes four communication strategies which, when used by individual agents, give rise to a shared communication vocabulary on a global level and evaluates these strategies using simulation techniques, which enables us to compare their performance according to specified criteria.
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