Software engineers continually strive to develop tools and techniques to manage the
complexity that is inherent in software systems. In this article, we argue that intelligent agents …

This book presents an overview of formal decision making methods for decentralized
cooperative systems. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in the fields of …

This paper focuses on the challenges of modeling cyber–physical systems (CPSs) that arise
from the intrinsic heterogeneity, concurrency, and sensitivity to timing of such systems. It …

The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents
interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as …

This article presents Gaia: a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The Gaia
methodology is both general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems …

Build your own intelligent agent system... Intelligent agent technology is a tool of modern
computer science that can be used to engineer complex computer programmes that behave …

Information systems of the future will have to perform well within ever-changing
organizational environments. Unfortunately, existing software development methodologies …

As agents are gaining acceptance as a technology, there is a growing need for practical
methods for developing agent applications. This paper presents the Prometheus …

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 …