Special Issue “Advances in Multi-Agent Systems”: Editorial

Editorial: Special Issue on Agent Technology

Special issue on argumentation in multi-agent systems

Different agents within a multiagent system (MAS) potentially have access to different information and different capabilities (including reasoning capabilities), different beliefs about the world, different preferences, constraints, and desires, and different goals. A key aspect of the scientific and engineering study of multiagent systems, therefore, has been the development of methods and pro...

Special issue on multi-agent and holonic systems in manufacturing

The manufacturing sector has been facing major challenges as it undergoes revolutionary changes fuelled by new and sophisticated demands from customers, global competition, distribution of manufacturing and marketing activities, and technological advances. In order to address these challenges, manufacturing enterprises need to change the way they do business and adopt innovative organizational ...

Special Issue on Advances in Intelligent Systems

This special issue consists of five papers focused on recent developments in the field of Intelligent Systems. A worldwide recognized event in this field is the “International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Design and Applications” series, whose last year edition was held in Pisa, Italy, November 30 December 2, 2009. An assorted list of outstanding contributions to that conference was selec...

Special Issue on Advances in Recommender Systems

Recent advances in electronic media and computer networks have allowed the creation of large and distributed repositories of information. However, the immediate availability of extensive resources for use by broad classes of computer users gives rise to new challenges in everyday life. These challenges arise from the fact that users cannot exploit available resources effectively when the amount...