Participation and Interaction in Projects: A Game-Theoretic Analysis

Much of what agents (people, robots, etc.) do is dividing effort between several activities. In order to facilitate efficient divisions, we study contributions to such activities and advise on stable divisions that result in high social<br/>welfare. To this end, for each model (game), we find the Nash equilibria and their social welfare. A Nash...

A generic and adaptive aggregation service for large-scale decentralized networks

Aggregation functions are used in distributed environments to make system-wide information locally available in the nodes of a network. The computation of different aggregation functions, e.g., SUMMATION, AVERAGE, MAXIMUM etc., in large-scale distributed systems is challenging and crucial for a wide range of applications. This is especially the...

Practical approach production of bacteria-based agent-contained light weight aggregates to make concrete self-healing

A functional experimental concrete system has been developed in our lab, in which a two component bacteria-based healing agent contained in a protective reservoir is included in the concrete mixture. Incorporated bacteria have the potential to produce copious amounts of calcium carbonate based crystals from supplied mineral precursor compounds....

Practical approach for production of bacteria-based agent-contained light weight aggregates to make concrete self-healing

A functional experimental concrete system has been developed in our lab, in which a two component bacteria-based healing agent contained in a protective reservoir is included in the concrete mixture. Incorporated bacteria have the potential to produce copious amounts of calcium carbonate based crystals from supplied mineral precursor compounds....

Towards an environment interface standard for agent platforms

We introduce an interface for connecting agent platforms to environments. This interface provides generic functionality for executing actions and for perceiving changes in an agent’s environment. It also provides support for managing an environment, e.g., for starting, pausing and terminating it. Among the benefits of such an interface are (1)...