As a new science of complex intelligent information systems, an open giant intelligent information system is a special kind of complex software systems. In this paper, we first presented conception and complexities of open giant intelligent information system, and then we discussed the challenges of agent-based computing for dealing with the above systems’ software complexities. For the facts o...

Living systems provide a good metaphor for the coordination of autonomous agents managing tasks according to their role in the system. The study of such systems from the point of view of General Systems Theory would benefit from computational experimentation. This paper proposes an agent-based methodology for system modeling as well as computational tools to develop and test system models. Biol...

Multiagent systems are more and more becoming an ubiquitous paradigm for the design and implementation of complex software applications. Even though somehow blurred throughout the vast literature on multiagent systems, the notion of agent can be characterised by few fundamental key-points: (i) autonomy, (ii) interaction, and (iii) task. In other words, an agent may be thought as an autonomous s...

The goal of this paper is to provide a fundamental methodical approach for identifying actors in Complex Adaptive Logistics Systems to deduce knowledge that can be implemented into the decision structures of intelligent logistics objects. This serves as a basis for further simulation-based studies regarding the efficiency of the usage of autonomous cooperation-based technologies in logistics se...

While tools for agent based social simulation have come a long way towards making life easier for the social scientist depending on computerized methodologies, we nd that some of the requirements for eÆcient scienti c progress have not been met. Inspired by the success of simulation environments and tools in the last decade, by the work on the alignment of models and by proven technology in bus...

Purpose This paper proposes a real-time knowledge support framework for the development of an RFID-multi-agent based process knowledge-based system which has the ability to solve dynamic logistics process management problems. Design/methodology/approach The proposed system is developed with " real-time process management " capability which automatically identifies current process status, perfor...