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The Contract Net Protocol: High-Level Communication and Control in a Distributed Problem Solver
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In this article, the contract net protocol has been developed to specify problem-solving communication and control for nodes in a distributed problem solver, where task distribution is affected by a negotiation process, a discussion carried on between nodes with tasks to be executed and nodes that may be able to execute those tasks.Abstract:
The contract net protocol has been developed to specify problem-solving communication and control for nodes in a distributed problem solver. Task distribution is affected by a negotiation process, a discussion carried on between nodes with tasks to be executed and nodes that may be able to execute those tasks.read more
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Sensor networks: evolution, opportunities, and challenges
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Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations
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Agent-oriented programming
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Software agents: an overview
TL;DR: This overview paper presents a typology of agents, places agents in context, defines them and goes on, inter alia, to overview critically the rationales, hypotheses, goals, challenges and state-of-the-art demonstrators of the various agent types in this typology.
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Formalising Trust as a Computational Concept
TL;DR: The thesis presents a testbed populated by simple trusting agents which substantiates the utility of the formalism and provides a step in the direction of a proper understanding and definition of human trust.
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A Structure for Plans and Behavior
TL;DR: Progress to date in the ability of a computer system to understand and reason about actions is described, and the structure of a plan of actions is as important for problem solving and execution monitoring as the nature of the actions themselves.
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Frameworks for Cooperation in Distributed Problem Solving
Reid G. Smith,Randall Davis +1 more
TL;DR: Two forms of cooperation in distributed problem solving are considered: task-sharing and result-sharing, and the basic methodology is presented and systems in which it has been used are described.
Description and Theoretical Analysis (Using Schemata) of Planner: A Language for Proving Theorems and Manipulating Models in a Robot
TL;DR: PANNER is a formalism for proving theorems and manipulating models in a robot built out of a number of problem-solving primitives together with a hierarchical multiprocess backtrack control structure.