Innovative Concepts for Autonomic and Agent-Based Systems: Second International Workshop on Radical Agent Concepts, WRAC 2005, Greenbelt, MD, USA,

Front matter......Page 1
Introduction......Page 8
Metadata......Page 9
Ontology......Page 12
Adaptive Web-Sites......Page 14
External Agents......Page 15
Conclusion......Page 16
References......Page 18
Introduction......Page 20
Environment......Page 21
Interaction with Other Agents......Page 22
Evaluating a Referrer or a Provider......Page 23
Performing a Task......Page 24
Characterizing Satisficing System States......Page 25
Influence of $\gamma$ on the Speed of Convergence......Page 26
Related Work......Page 27
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 28
Introduction......Page 30
Multiagent System Architecture and Aspectual Agent......Page 31
Brain Features......Page 33
Organisation......Page 34
Message Passing and Semantic......Page 35
Results......Page 36
References......Page 38
Introduction......Page 40
The Generation of Emotions in Neurobiology......Page 41
The Perceptive Systems and the Selective Action......Page 42
The Self-adaptive Systems and the Motivated Action......Page 43
Emotional Tendencies and Adaptativity......Page 45
The Multivalent Approach of a System with an Emotional Behavior......Page 46
Typical Element of the Architecture: The Adaptive Component......Page 47
Basic Organization of Self-adaptive Components: The Aspectual Agents......Page 50
The Structuring Agents and the Sets of Oscillators......Page 51
Emotion......Page 53
The Characters of the Incentive: From the Signal to the Incentive......Page 54
From the Incentive to the Satisfaction: The Artificial Pleasure Center......Page 56
The Artificial Emotions......Page 57
Conclusion......Page 58
References......Page 59
Introduction......Page 60
Motivation......Page 61
Truth Maintenance Systems......Page 62
Specifications of Our Model......Page 64
Soundness Parameter......Page 65
Components of Our Model......Page 67
Conflict Management, a Scenario......Page 69
References......Page 70
Introduction: The Current Situation......Page 72
Architecture for Intelligence......Page 73
The Emergence of Intelligence......Page 74
A Hybrid Agent Design: Top Down Versus Bottom Up......Page 75
Formalising Knowledge and Control......Page 76
Formalisation......Page 77
An Example Application: Dynamic Physical Rendering......Page 78
References......Page 79
Introduction......Page 81
Multiagent Systems for Vehicle Health Management......Page 82
FIPA Reference Architecture and JADE......Page 83
Model Checking......Page 84
The SPIN Model Checker......Page 85
Verifying Concurrent Activity of Specialty Agents......Page 86
Establishing a Monitor Hierarchy......Page 87
Prototype......Page 88
Agent Ecology and Societies......Page 89
Conclusion......Page 91
Introduction......Page 93
Model Driven Architecture......Page 94
Debugging and Model Debugging......Page 96
Cougaar Model Driven Architecture......Page 97
Design Approaches......Page 99
CMDA Debugger Design Approach......Page 100
CMDA Debugger Architecture......Page 101
Conclusion......Page 102
References......Page 103
Introduction......Page 105
A Case Study......Page 106
Agent Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE)......Page 107
Software Product Lines (SPL)......Page 111
SPL/AOSE Correlation......Page 113
Conclusions......Page 114
Introduction......Page 116
Coalition Formation......Page 117
Electronic Institutions......Page 118
Connection Points Between Coalition Formation and Electronic Institutions......Page 120
From Coalitions to Institutions: Dynamic Electronic Institutions......Page 121
The Foundation Phase......Page 123
Exploratory Work: Operations Other Than War......Page 125
References......Page 127
Introduction......Page 129
Social Construction......Page 130
Society as Subjective Reality......Page 131
Institutionalization......Page 132
Implementation......Page 133
Comparing Institutions......Page 134
Hierarchical Structure......Page 135
Bootstrapping......Page 136
Discussion......Page 137
Human-Machine Heterogeneous Systems......Page 138
Conclusion......Page 139
References......Page 140
Introduction......Page 142
Informal Introduction to the Concept of M-Agent......Page 143
Agent's Model with Multiple Profiles......Page 146
Planning......Page 147
Negotiation......Page 149
Agents and Robots......Page 150
Conclusions......Page 152
Introduction......Page 154
Simplifying the Agent Approach......Page 155
Benefits of Simplifying the Agent Approach......Page 157
Background Research......Page 159
Artificial Intelligence (AI)......Page 160
Research Goals......Page 161
Tasks and Objectives......Page 162
Preliminary System Analysis......Page 163
Conclusion......Page 164
References......Page 165
Introduction......Page 167
Agency Versus Independence......Page 168
Robot Design Models......Page 169
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Model......Page 170
Behavior-Based (BB) Model......Page 171
Hybrid Model......Page 172
Robots as Pick-and-Place Machines......Page 173
Pick-and Place-Requirements......Page 174
A Robot Architecture Using the Animal Training (AT) Model......Page 175
Task Design by Giving Directions......Page 176
Summary......Page 177
References......Page 178
Introduction......Page 179
The Payment Broker Architecture......Page 181
Payment Processor Policies......Page 182
An Autonomic Approach......Page 185
Payment Broker Internals......Page 187
Case Study......Page 188
Conclusion and Future Directions......Page 189
References......Page 190
Introduction......Page 191
The Viable System Model – An Architectural Model for Self-managing Systems......Page 192
An Intelligent Agent Architecture......Page 193
Classical Cybernetics Revisited......Page 195
An Experiment in Algorithmic “Hot Swapping”......Page 196
Algorithmic Generation......Page 198
References......Page 202
Introduction......Page 204
Handling Soft Errors in Software......Page 205
Beyond Planned Adaptation--Run-Time Software Evolution......Page 206
Networking and Mobile Software......Page 207
A Roadmap for Self-modifying Code......Page 208
Conclusions......Page 210
Introduction......Page 212
Agent Architectures......Page 213
OARCL Reference Architecture......Page 214
Conclusion......Page 215
References......Page 216
Introduction......Page 217
4D/RCS Reference Model and Tactical Behaviors......Page 218
Parts/Whole Statecharts......Page 219
Common Knowledge......Page 221
A StateFlow Model......Page 222
Introducing a Whole......Page 225
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 226
Introduction......Page 229
Open Systems......Page 230
Attributes......Page 232
Qualities......Page 233
Tasks......Page 234
Using the Systemion Model......Page 235
Open Functional Subsystem......Page 236
Open Behavioural Subsystem......Page 237
References......Page 238
Introduction......Page 240
A Reactive Model for Navigating Actors......Page 242
Reachability Computation of Approximated Dynamics......Page 243
An Approach to Quantifying Relative Difficulty......Page 244
A Framework for Metrics of Relative Difficulty......Page 245
Applications and Demonstrations......Page 246
Future Directions and Discussion......Page 248
Implementing Meta-intelligence over Dynamic Intelligence......Page 249
Conclusion......Page 250
Introduction......Page 252
Obstacle Avoidance......Page 253
Evolution of Self Assembling Agents......Page 259
Conclusion......Page 262
Services and Agents in the jABC......Page 264
Lightweight Runtime Agents......Page 266
A jABC Application: The Online Conference Service......Page 267
From Global Behavior to Personal Agents......Page 268
Feature Based System Development and Lightweight Runtime Agents......Page 270
The Architecture......Page 271
The MaTRICS ConfigAgents......Page 272
Conclusions......Page 274
Introduction......Page 276
Overall Project Goals and Principles......Page 277
Project Summary......Page 278
Entities Used in Sensor Networks......Page 279
Webmica......Page 280
The Role of Language......Page 281
Semantics, Inference and Utterances......Page 282
Algorithmic Layer-Lexicon Acquisition......Page 283
Implementations......Page 285
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 286
References......Page 287
HADRS Concept Overview......Page 288
HADRS Sensor Web (S/WB)......Page 289
HADRS Mobile Unit (M/U)......Page 290
References......Page 292
Introduction......Page 293
Literature Review......Page 294
Analysis and Design......Page 296
Team-Based Agent Reasoning......Page 297
Model Agent Interactions......Page 300
Demonstrate! Game Application......Page 302
References......Page 304
Introduction......Page 306
More Motivations to Our Goal......Page 308
The BDI Model......Page 309
Game Theory Basics......Page 313
Agents as Players......Page 314
Conclusion......Page 317
Introduction......Page 319
Background......Page 320
Design......Page 321
Agent Communication......Page 322
Agent Transfer......Page 323
Decomposed Encoding and Decoding (DED)......Page 324
Encryption......Page 325
References......Page 326
Introduction......Page 328
Basic Model......Page 329
Network Model......Page 331
Mobile Component......Page 333
Vehicle Model......Page 335
The Controller Model......Page 336
Simulation Results......Page 337
References......Page 339
Introduction......Page 341
The Kalong Mobility Model......Page 342
Techniques for Migration Optimization......Page 343
Code Analysis......Page 344
Class Splitting......Page 345
Migration Planing......Page 346
Evaluation......Page 348
Conclusion and Outlook......Page 350
Introduction......Page 353
Approach......Page 354
Components of the Tet-Walker......Page 355
The Inchworm......Page 356
The Triangle......Page 358
The Tetrahedron......Page 359
References......Page 360
Introduction......Page 361
Theoretical Model......Page 362
Graphs of Deterrence......Page 363
Example 1......Page 364
Standard Game......Page 365
Dynamic Games of Deterrence......Page 366
General Statement and Standard Game......Page 367
Game of Deterrence......Page 368
State Representation......Page 370
Congestion Avoidance and Graphs of Deterrence......Page 371
Example 3......Page 373
References......Page 376
Introduction......Page 377
Biologically-Inspired Computing Self-managing Concepts......Page 378
Autonomic Reflex Signal – Lub-Dub Pulse Emission......Page 379
Pervasive Exemplar: Smoke Alarms......Page 380
A “Smart” Smoke Alarm......Page 381
Implementing the Autonomic Smoke Alarm......Page 382
Conclusions......Page 383
References......Page 384
Introduction......Page 386
Autonomicity and Autonomy......Page 387
The Core Architecture......Page 389
Access Control Module......Page 391
Cell Management......Page 392
Systems Administration......Page 393
Conclusion......Page 394
References......Page 395
Back matter......Page 397