Typical Multi-agent Path Finding (MAPF) solvers assume that agents move synchronously, thus neglecting the reality gap in timing assumptions, e.g., delays caused by an imperfect execution of asynchronous moves. So far, two policies enforce a robust MAPF plans taken as input: either forcing to synchronize or executing while preserving temporal dependencies. This paper proposes alternative approa...

Biodegradable films emerge as alternative biomaterials to conventional packaging from fossil sources, which, in addition offering protection and increasing the shelf life of food products, are ecologically sustainable. The materials mostly used their formulation based on natural polysaccharides, plasticizing agents, bioactive components (e.g., antimicrobial agents or antioxidants). biodegradabl...

Coordination is essential for establishing and sustaining teamwork. Agents in a team must agree on their tasks plans, thus, group decision-making techniques are necessary to reach agreements teams. For instance, joint task, the agents can provide preferences alternative tasks, best could be selected by majority. Previous works assumed that only alternatives. However, when selecting task teamwor...

conclusions potato peels were proved to be potentially useful substrates for biosurfactant production by b. pumilus dsvp18. the strain possessed a unique property to reduce surface tension of the media from 72 to 28.7 mn/m. in addition, it showed a stable surface activity over a wide range of temperatures, ph, and saline conditions and had strong antimicrobial activity. this potential of the id...

treatment of tuberculosis was an obstacle for ages. in spite of good drugs, the disease is not under control. thus, the need for more drugs existed. searching for a new drug demands much investment on the time, money and human resources. there are many drugs with antitubercular action that are discovered and explored in the last century. the most common drug, isoniazid, is now a frontrunner ant...

Macrolide antibiotics provide not only antibacterial activity but also anti-inflammatory effects. We report herein two cases of uncontrolled rheumatoid arthritis (RA), accompanied by hepatitis B and pulmonary empyema, respectively, who were successfully treated using clarithromycin (CAM) in expectation of its anti-inflammatory effects. A 74-year-old woman suffering from RA, presented with exace...

In multi-agent setting agent teams often encounter conflicts in agents' plans and actions. This paper presents a cooperative negotiation model (ABeON) that allows agents in a team to appropriately negotiate various options in a hostile and dynamic fire world. It shows that negotiations explore the attitudes and behaviors that help agents to manage conflict constructively. It says that cooperati...

We study repeated implementation in a model with overlapping generations of agents. It is assumed that the preferences of agents do not change during their lifetime. A social choice function selects an alternative in each period as a function of the preferences of agents who are alive in that period. We show that any social choice function satisfying mild necessary conditions is repeatedly impl...

Information gathering on the Internet is a time consuming and somewhat tedious experience. The main method for gathering information on the Internet at present is the search engine. Literature reviewed indicates that Intelligent Information Agents can improve the process of gathering information on the Internet. However, such agents are not widely used at present. This research reviews several ...

Reactive methods for controlling intelligent agents have proven to be a very strong alternative to planning methods, especially in areas such as robotics and game agents, where real-time performance is critical. Despite this success, coordinating teams of reactive agents can be a nontrivial problem. In this work, we present our initial development of a novel method for coordinating reactive age...