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ATAL
2005
Springer
16 years 29 days ago
Layered message semantics using social commitments
Although mental states have its own place in the definition of message semantics, social commitments have emerged as a complementing element to circumvent the limitations of usin...
Roberto A. Flores, Philippe Pasquier, Brahim Chaib...
ATAL
2005
Springer
16 years 29 days ago
A negotiation model for autonomous agents: key features and comparison with existing models
This paper presents the key features of a new negotiation model for autonomous agents. The model is generic, handles multi-party and multi-issue negotiation, acknowledges the role...
Fernando Lopes, Augusto Q. Novais, Nuno J. Mamede,...
ATAL
2005
Springer
16 years 29 days ago
Efficient information retrieval using mobile agents
We are concerned with the use of Mobile Agents for information retrieval. A multi-agent system is considered; a number of agents are involved in a collective effort to retrieve di...
Irene Sygkouna, Miltiades E. Anagnostou
CCS
2005
ACM
16 years 29 days ago
Formal security analysis of basic network-attached storage
We study formal security properties of network-attached storage (NAS) in an applied pi calculus. We model NAS as an implementation of a specification based on traditional central...
Avik Chaudhuri, Martín Abadi
DALT
2005
Springer
16 years 29 days ago
An Architecture for Rational Agents
Abstract. This paper is concerned with designing architectures for rational agents. In the proposed architecture, agents have belief bases that are theories in a multi-modal, highe...
John W. Lloyd, Tim D. Sears