In this paper we approach both procedural and substantive irrationality of artificial agent cognitive systems and consider that when it is not possible for an agent to make a logical inference (too expensive cognitive effort or not enough knowledge) she might replace certain parts of the logical reasoning with mere associations.

Opportunism is a behavior that causes norm violation and promotes own value. In the context of multi-agent systems, we constrain such a selfish behavior through setting enforcement norms. Because opportunistic behavior cannot be observed indirectly, there has to be a monitoring mechanism that can detect the performance of opportunistic behavior in the system. This paper provides a logical frame...

This paper presents a proposal for a flexible agent mobility architecture based on IEEE-FIPA standards and intended to be one of them. This proposal is a first step towards interoperable mobility mechanisms, which are needed for future agent migration between different kinds of platforms. Our proposal is presented as a flexible and robust architecture that has been successfully implemented in t...

This article describes a product (the “Mobility Agent”) that delivers Internet-based travel and tourism-related services through fixed and mobile devices. Intelligent agent technology was used to provide European residents and visitors with dynamic, mobile, personalized, location-based information and services, specifically related to travel and tourism in complex urban environments. The articl...

In our previous work [1], a mechanism for handling movement detection using a proposed agent-based architecture for mobility management was described. This architecture, referred here as AMP Agent-based Mobility Protocol, consists of a collaborative multi-agent system that enhances user/node mobility over an IP-based network. Specifically, mobility agents are placed in the hosts and at the acce...

Software engineers of multi-agent systems (MASs) are faced with the design and implementation of the mobility concern in addition to the agents’ basic functionalities and other agent-related concerns. As the agents’ complexity increases, the mobility concern cannot be modularized based only on object-oriented abstractions. The mobility concern tends to spread across several system classes and m...

Software engineers of multi-agent systems (MASs) are faced with the design and implementation of the mobility concern in addition to the agents’ basic functionalities and other agent-related concerns. As the agents’ complexity increases, the mobility concern cannot be modularized based only on object-oriented abstractions. The mobility concern tends to spread across several system classes and m...