In this article a model of the biological neuronal regulator system of the lower urinary tract is presented. The design and the implementation of the model has been carried out using distributed artificial intelligence, more specifically a system based on agents that carry out tasks of perception, deliberation and execution. The biological regulator is formed by neuronal centres. In the model, ...

Approaches to decision making that are based on individual rationality, whether relying upon classical game-theoretic notions or upon modern distributed artificial intelligence based concepts, are limited in their ability to characterize cooperative social behavior. Altruism, in particular, is a difficult concept to characterize with these approaches. In this paper we contrast categorical altru...

Recent progress of computer technology makes it possible to analyze financial and economic systems through simulation studies. Among them, agent-based modeling is promising. In this paper, using agentbased modeling from distributed artificial intelligence, I discuss the validity of passive investment strategies in financial markets where active investors who hold future information exist. As a ...

Knowledge has proven to be a useful and fundamental formalism for reasoning about distributed systems. The application of this formalism, however, entails a loss of volition on the part of processes about which something is known. This loss of volition is often not appropriate in loosely coupled distributed systems. In this paper, we generalize the formal characterization of knowledge into one ...

Information technology support for complex, dynamic, and distributed business processes as they occur in engineering domains requires an advanced process management system which enhances currently available workflow management services with respect to integration, flexibility, and adaptation. We present an uniform and flexible framework for advanced process management on an abstract level which...