This article describes how the Internet of Things (IoT) and its smart objects will be the
fundamental building blocks for the creation of smart pervasive systems. Precision …

In this position paper we present a conceptual vision of adaptation, a key feature of
autonomic systems. We put some stress on the role of control data and argue how some of …

Emotional persuasion driven by agent-based decision-making has shown greater prospects
for negotiation between business partners. However, the interactive assessment of …

Agent-based systems have evolved during the last two decades. To support the
development of such systems, agent-oriented methodologies have emerged. In general …

The challenges that Cloud computing poses to business processes integration, emphasize
the need for addressing two major issues:(i) which integration approach should be used …

Ubiquitous systems and applications involve interactions between multiple autonomous
entities—for example, robots in a mobile ad-hoc network collaborating to achieve a goal …

Cloud service offerings provide a competitive advantages to enterprises through flexible and
scalable access to computing resources. With the recent advances in Cloud computing, the …

Gaia was the first complete methodology proposed for the development of multi-agent
systems (MASs), and was subsequently improved to designing and building systems in …

Combining different independent cloud services necessitates a uniform description format
that facilitates the design, customization, and composition. In this context, Interaction …

Research on agents, intelligent agents, and multiagent systems (MAS) has been one of the
most lively areas in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) field in the last years. Moving from basic …