Le premier chapitre décrit les concepts et typologies relatifs au pilotage non centralisé des
systèmes de production. Le second chapitre présente les enjeux, les approches de …

This chapter presents the science of" COllective INtelligence"(COIN). A COIN is a large multi-
agent systems where: i) the agents each run reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms; ii) there …

Coordination and cooperation are two major concerns in distributed artificial intelligence
(DAI) systems. How can a group of geographically distributed agents properly allocate a set …

In this paper it is investigated how multi-agent systems with complex agents can be
designed and formally specified based on the notion of a compositional architecture. After …

In this paper we investigate the design of a distributed information management system for
heterarchical (decentralized) shopfloor control in large Flexible Manufacturing Systems …

Este texto apresenta uma introduçaoa concepçao de sistemas computacionais como sendo
formado por vários agentes autônomos. O desenvolvimento destes agentes passa pelo …

A combination of high-resolution ground verification, cluster analysis using Landsat
Thematic Mapper (TM) data, and optical modelling, was applied to Red Sea reef substrate …

The use of the related terms “agent‐based”,“multi‐agent”,“software agent” and “intelligent
agent” have witnessed significant growth in the Geographic Information Science (GIScience) …

The need for production systems that can react or respond to dynamic changes is
continuously increasing because of the reduction of product life cycle time and the rise of …

What makes it so difficult to design tools for patient care interactions and clinical work
practices? The case study concerns an ambitious effort by a US health maintenance …