This article reviews the state-of-the-art developments in Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) and
their application to energy optimization problems. This methodology and related tools have …

It is generally accepted that the environment is an essential compound of multiagent
systems (MASs). Yet the environment is typically assigned limited responsibilities, or even …

The emerging paradigm of agent-based computation has revolutionized the building of
intelligent and decentralized systems. The new technologies met well the requirements in all …

The share of electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to increase significantly in the vehicle
market sales in the forthcoming years. Uncontrolled charging of EVs can affect adversely the …

The current practice in multiagent systems typically associates the environment with
resources that are external to agents and their communication infrastructure. Advanced uses …

In this article we focus on the notion of artifact for agents in multi-agent systems (MAS) as a
basis for a new meta-model promoting the modelling and engineering of agent societies and …

Agent technology currently plays an important role in complex software development. The
underlying paradigm offers a large repertoire of original concepts, architectures, interaction …

A Smart City is a cyber–physical system improving urban behavior and capabilities by
providing ICT-based functionalities. An infrastructure for Smart City has to be geographically …

This paper offers two main contributions. On the one hand, it establishes a general formal
framework for developing a foundational ontology of socially constructed entities, in the …

Software agents offer a range of benefits to the development of complex software systems.
However, before these benefits can be realised by the computing industry there is a need for …