Modelling and simulation have long been dominated by equation-based approaches, until
the recent advent of agent-based approaches. To curb the resulting complexity of models …

Model-driven engineering (MDE), implicitly based upon meta-model principles, is gaining
more and more attention in software systems due to its inherent benefits. Its use normally …

In modern manufacturing systems with computational complexities, decision-making with
respect to dynamic rescheduling and reconfiguration in case of internal disturbances is an …

For many years, the progress in agent-oriented development has focused on tools and
methods for particular development phases. This has not been enough for the industry to …

This thesis discusses an approach for automatically testing systems that are composed of
software agents. A software agent is a software component that carries out autonomous …

There is an increasing need for autonomous systems that exhibit effective decision-making
in unpredictable environments. However, the design of autonomous decision-making …

User-supplied domain control knowledge in the form of hierarchically structured Goal-Plan
Trees (GPTs) is at the heart of a number of approaches to reasoning about action …

In this paper we describe an approach for developing an intelligent game master (GM) for
computer role-playing games. The role of the GM is to set up the game environment …

Agent unified modeling languages (AUML) are agent-oriented approaches that supports the
specification, design, visualization and documentation of an agent-based system. This paper …

Scenarios in current design methodologies, provide a natural way for the users to identify
the inputs and outputs of the system revolving around a particular interaction process. A …