When developing BDI agent-based systems, some design patterns such as incompatible intentions, multiple strategies, intention decomposition, etc. would be very useful for specifying some desired agent behaviours. As BDI agent programmers, our desire would be to have a framework that natively supports such common patterns. The PRACTIONIST framework provides a goal-oriented approach for developin...

We review a recently introduced model in which each of a number of agents is endowed with an abstract argumentation framework reflecting her individual views regarding a given set of arguments. A question arising in this context is whether the diversity of views observed in such a situation is consistent with the assumption that every individual argumentation framework is induced by a combinati...

Dyna is a single-agent architectural framework that integrates learning, planning, and reacting. Well known instantiations of Dyna are Dyna-AC and Dyna-Q. Here a multiagent extension of Dyna-Q is presented. This extension, called M-Dyna-Q, constitutes a novel coordination framework that bridges the gap between plan-based and reactive coordination in multiagent systems. The paper summarizes the ...

In the design of the organisation of a multiagent system the concept of role is fundamental. We informally analyse this concept through examples. Then we propose a more formal definition that can be decomposed into: the conditions that have to be satisfied to hold a role, the norms and institutional powers that apply to a role holder. Finally, we present a modal logical framework to represent t...

one of the key reasons for developing Grid Computing is to enable an engineer to use a high performance ‘super-computer’ with Internet network resources, resolve complexity problem. How to integrate these disparate systems resources, together under a unified framework, can be easily shared with other systems is very important. An Agent Framework for the Grid Computing is presented. Agent-based ...

Different agents may have different points of view. This can be modelled using different abstract argumentation frameworks, each consisting of a set of arguments and a binary attack-relation between them. A question arising in this context is whether the diversity of views observed in such a profile of argumentation frameworks is consistent with the assumption that every individual argumentatio...

In this paper, we present a prototype for our solution called Data Exchange Autonomic Manager (DEAM) [1] which has as main goal to turn Data Exchange processes into selfmanaged systems. We believe that providing data exchange processes with self-healing autonomic capability is a promising approach toward reliable self-managed and resilient data exchange processes. We describe the high level arc...

In this paper, different mechanisms of self-healing, i.e. self-healing based on adhesive agents, self-healing based on bacteria, self-healing based on autogenous self-healing were described. Their required conditions were summarized. The previous investigations showed that all mechanisms of self-healing are effective to some extend under particular conditions. In this paper, concrete structures...

in this study, attempts have been made to investigate the self-healing factors in marital conflicts, with an emphasis on the views of ayatollah javadi amoly in anthropology. a holistic approach based on strong points of marriage is better suited to meet different needs of couples, contributing to the resolution of conflicts, as compared to an approach that deals with strengths and self-healing ...