Context: Recent developments in modern IT systems including internet of things, edge/fog
computing, or cyber–physical systems support intelligent and seamless interaction between …

In the aftermath of major disasters, first responders are typically overwhelmed with large
numbers of, spatially distributed, search and rescue tasks, each with their own requirements …

Physical attacks, such as fault attacks, pose a decisive threat for the security of devices in the
Internet of Things. An important class of countermeasures for fault attacks is fault tolerant …

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a wireless technology that promises to facilitate
many identification and tracking solutions. The placement problem, ie choosing the optimal …

Manifold increase in the complexity of robotic tasks has mandated the use of robotic teams
called coalitions that collaborate to perform complex tasks. In this scenario, the problem of …

Elastic controllers autonomically adjust the allocation of resources in cloud computing
systems. Usually such controllers assume that control actions will take immediate effect. In …

Coalitional skill games (CSGs) are a simple model of cooperation in an uncertain
environment where each agent has a set of skills that are required to accomplish a variety of …

Real time strategy games are complex scenarioswhere multiple agents must be coordinated
in a dynamic, partially observable environment. In this work, we model thecoordination of …

In this paper, we study the problem of coalition formation for task allocation in agent
networks, in particular, we consider the situation where the profits of tasks are elapsed with …

This study presents a novel solution to agent coalition formation. It focuses on
heterogeneous, distributed multi-agent systems deployed in real-world environments …