Jason is an Open Source interpreter for an extended version of AgentSpeak–a logic-based
agent-oriented programming language–written in JavaTM. It enables users to build complex …

We seek for a small set of primitives that might serve as a basis for formalising and
programming service oriented applications over global computers. As an outcome of this …

The concept of an agent is increasingly used in contemporary software applications,
particularly those involving the Internet, autonomous systems, or cooperation. However, with …

The concept of a norm is found widely across fields including artificial intelligence, biology,
computer security, cultural studies, economics, law, organizational behaviour and …

Deontic concepts and operators have been widely used in several fields where
representation of norms is needed, including legal reasoning and normative multi-agent …

We present the computational counterpart of the KGP (K nowledge, G oals, P lan)
declarative model of agency for Global Computing. In this context, a computational entity is …

This chapter tackles the relation between declarative languages and multi-agent systems by
following the dictates of the five Ws (and one H) that characterize investigations. The aim is …

Although stemming from very different research areas, Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) and
Service Oriented Computing (SOC) share common topics, problems and settings. One of the …

In this work, we investigate the feasibility of using a framework based on computational
logic, and mainly defined in the context of Multi-Agent Systems for Global Computing (SOCS …

We propose a simple event calculus representation of contracts and a reactive belief-desire-
intention agent architecture to enable the monitoring and execution of contract terms and …