The amount of knowledge on human consciousness has created a multitude of viewpoints
and it is difficult to compare and synthesize all the recent scientific perspectives. Indeed …

To gain wider acceptance for the use of agents in industry, it is a necessity to relate it to the
nearest antecedent technology (object-oriented software development) and to introduce …

Gaining wide acceptance for the use of agents in industry requires both relating it to the
nearest antecedent technology (object-oriented software development) and using artifacts to …

Gaining wide acceptance for the use of agents in industry requires both relating it to the
nearest antecedent technology (object-oriented software development) and using artifacts to …

The notion of a shared mental model is well known in the literature regarding team work
among humans. It has been used to explain team functioning. The idea is that team …

Many autonomous agents operate in domains in which the cooperation of their fellow agents
cannot be guaranteed. In such domains negotiation is essential to persuade others of the …

In the past, research on agent-oriented software engineering had been widely lacking touch
with the world of industrial software development. Recently, a cooperation has been …

Agent systems are distributed systems consist of agents that autonomously interact to each
other in an environment to perform tasks and achieve goals. Performing verification is …

Unified Modeling Language (UML 2.0) is the upcoming standard of the Object Management
Group for specifying object-oriented software systems. In this paper, we will show how UML …

This paper is a review of the work that has been carried out on machine consciousness. A
clear overview of this diverse field is achieved by breaking machine consciousness down …