Download or read book A Compositional Semantic Structure for Multi Agent Systems Dynamics written by and published by Pascal van Eck. This book was released on 2001 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agent Based Defeasible Control in Dynamic Environments written by John-Jules Ch. Meyer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, the 7th volume in the DRUMS Handbook series, is part of the aftermath of the successful ESPRIT project DRUMS (Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management Systems) which took place in two stages from 1989- 1996. In the second stage (1993-1996) a work package was introduced devoted to the topics Reasoning and Dynamics, covering both the topics of "Dynamics of Reasoning", where reasoning is viewed as a process, and "Reasoning about Dynamics", which must be understood as pertaining to how both designers of and agents within dynamic systems may reason about these systems. The present volume presents work done in this context extended with some work done by outstanding researchers outside the project on related issues. While the previous volume in this series had its focus on the dynamics of reasoning pro cesses, the present volume is more focused on "reasoning about dynamics', viz. how (human and artificial) agents reason about (systems in) dynamic environments in order to control them. In particular we consider modelling frameworks and generic agent models for modelling these dynamic systems and formal approaches to these systems such as logics for agents and formal means to reason about agent based and compositional systems, and action & change more in general. We take this opportunity to mention that we have very pleasant recollections of the project, with its lively workshops and other meetings, with the many sites and researchers involved, both within and outside our own work package.
Download or read book Applying Architecture and Ontology to the Splitting and Allying of Enterprises written by Martinus Op 't Land and published by Martin Op 't Land. This book was released on 2008 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A framework for evidence based policy making using IT written by Hans Rudi Stol and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Learning from Design written by Madelon Evers and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Fundaments of Adaptive Personalisation written by Paul Ton de Vrieze and published by Paul de Vrieze. This book was released on 2006 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike humans, computers generally do not take their peers in communication into account. Adding to this the increasing complexity of information systems, the need for adaptive personalisation is there. In this thesis we look at adaptive systems from the perspective of interactive systems. As most systems are, or can be seen as, interactive systems this should pose no problem. In interactive systems users cause events. These events can be passed on to an adaptation system to maintain a user model. The events also cause the interactive system to react. These reactions may be parameterised by the user model. In this thesis the following research questions are addressed: * How can adaptive personalisation be integrated into user adaptive systems? * How can adaptive personalisation be evaluated? To answer these questions it is essential to first provide a model of user adaptive systems. We introduce the Generic Adaptivity Model (GAM). The GAM divides the system into four layers: the application layer, the interface layer, the reasoning layer and the user model layer. It is important to notice that the reasoning layer consists of two reasoning components: the push adaptation component and the pull adaptation component. The push adaptation component is responsible for transforming user events into user model updates. As such it maintains the user model and the reasoning happens when users perform events. It is not necessary that these updates have been completed for the application to react to the user events. The pull adaptation component is responsible to using the user model to answer questions about the user that influence the system reaction to the user. As such this is computed at the moment a reaction is required and is more time critical than push reasoning. The behaviour of an adaptation component largely standard. As such it makes sense to create an adaptation engine that can be used in conjunction with an adaptation description to implement the adaptation component. The adaptation description then describes, by means of a script language, the push and pull reasoning to be performed as well as the events and questions to be recognised. Related elements in an adaptation model can be grouped together into an adaptation element. Together all adaptation elements in an adaptation model form an adaptation graph. This dependency graph can be used to visualise an adaptation model. In evaluating adaptation models the final evaluation involves testing with users. There are however two other evaluation layers that are less costly. The first evaluation layer involves a rough evaluation on the kind of reasoning used (push or pull). The second layer performs a detailed structural analysis of an adaptation model. The evaluation layers work on a number of dimensions. These dimensions are: predictability, adaptability, supportability, control, speed, extensibility, model size, privacy, concurrency and prediction quality. In the structural evaluation level a number of indicators are used for each dimension. Looking at the GAM it has a number of benefits: * It will allow different applications to cooperatively maintain properties by using common names and merging adaptation models. * It has strong capabilities for ensuring privacy and user control over the user models. * By cooperative modelling more information be used to have more effective personalisations. * The model is very generic and does not prescribe reasoning models. As such it is broadly applicable. * The model coexists well with the evaluation framework and does not violate any dimension. To answer the question how to integrate adaptive personalisation we introduce a seven stage method for creating adaptation models. In the first step the application is analysed. In the second step possible personalisation opportunities are determined. In the third step questions about the user are found. In the fourth step the user properties are determined. The fifth step determines the events needed to maintain the user model. The sixth step combines the results and cleans out infeasible options. Finally the seventh step evaluates the options to select only the best opportunities for adaptive personalisation.
Download or read book Designing controls for network organizations written by Vera Kartseva and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book E strategies for Resource Management Systems written by Eshaa M. Alkhalifa and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers insight into current research practices and trends in Information Resource Management strategies that are implemented electronically"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Agent Computing and Multi Agent Systems written by Ramakoti Sadananada and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-18 with total page 843 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006, held in Guilin, China, in August 2006. The book presents 39 revised full papers and 57 revised short papers together with 4 invited talks, addressing subjects from theoretical and methodological issues to applications. Topics include agent models, agent architectures, agent-oriented software engineering, semantic Web service, collaboration, coordination and negotiation, and more.
Download or read book Competences of IT Architects written by and published by Pascal van Eck. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods Verification and Validation Engineering Principles written by Tiziana Margaria and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three-volume set LNCS 12476 - 12478 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, ISoLA 2020, which was planned to take place during October 20–30, 2020, on Rhodes, Greece. The event itself was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Each volume focusses on an individual topic with topical section headings within the volume: Part I, Verification Principles: Modularity and (De-)Composition in Verification; X-by-Construction: Correctness meets Probability; 30 Years of Statistical Model Checking; Verification and Validation of Concurrent and Distributed Systems. Part II, Engineering Principles: Automating Software Re-Engineering; Rigorous Engineering of Collective Adaptive Systems. Part III, Applications: Reliable Smart Contracts: State-of-the-art, Applications, Challenges and Future Directions; Automated Verification of Embedded Control Software; Formal methods for DIStributed COmputing in future RAILway systems.
Download or read book International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence 2008 DCAI 08 written by Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence is an annual forum that brings together ideas, projects, lessons, etc. associated with distr- uted computing, artificial intelligence and its applications in different themes. This meeting has been held at the University of Salamanca from the 22th to the 24th of October 2008. This symposium has be organized by the Biomedicine, Intelligent S- tem and Educational Technology Research Group (http://bisite. usal. es/) of the Univ- sity of Salamanca. The technology transfer in this field is still a challenge and for that reason this type of contributions has been specially considered in this edition. This c- ference is the forum in which to present application of innovative techniques to complex problems. The artificial intelligence is changing our society. Its application in distr- uted environments, such as the Internet, electronic commerce, mobile communications, wireless devices, distributed computing, and so on is increasing and is becoming an element of high added value and economic potential, both industrial and research. These technologies are changing constantly as a result of the large research and technical effort being undertaken in both universities and businesses. The exchange of ideas between scientists and technicians from both academic and business areas is essential to facilitate the development of systems that meet the demands of today's society.
Download or read book Pervasive Computing written by Aboul Ella Hassanien and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pervasive computing (also referred to as ubiquitous computing or ambient intelligence) aims to create environments where computers are invisibly and seamlessly integrated and connected into our everyday environment. Pervasive computing and intelligent multimedia technologies are becoming increasingly important, although many potential applications have not yet been fully realized. These key technologies are creating a multimedia revolution that will have significant impact across a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare, and governmental domains. This useful volume provides up-to-date and state-of-the-art coverage of the diverse topics related to pervasive computing and intelligent multimedia technologies. The use of different computational intelligence-based approaches to various problems in pervasive computing are examined, including video streaming, intelligent behavior modeling and control for mobile manipulators, tele-gaming, indexing video summaries for quick video browsing, web service processes, virtual environments, ambient intelligence, and prevention and detection of attacks to ubiquitous databases. Topics and features: Includes a comprehensive overview, providing a thorough literature review and an outline of the important research challenges Discusses pervasive computing approaches in the context of intelligent multimedia Examines virtual reality technology, mobile virtual environments, and the potential use of intelligent multimedia and ubiquitous computing in the hotels of the future Describes various approaches in ambient intelligence for home health care for the elderly and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease, for volcano monitoring, and for preventing attacks to ubiquitous databases Investigates issues in web services and situation awareness in pervasive computing environments Explores wireless network applications, such as mobile agents and e-commerce This textbook/reference is an invaluable resource for researchers, postgraduate and senior undergraduate students, and practitioners involved in pervasive computing, intelligent multimedia, and computational intelligence.
