In this demo session, we will present two examples of how one can systematically program self-organizing multi-agent systems, using inspiration from biology. The first system is a modular robot that autonomously adapts to satisfy complex environmentally-...

Multi-agent simulation is a powerful technique used to encode real-world simple rules in virtual agents and then simulate their interactions [1]. Participatory simulations are similar to multi-agent simulation except individuals play the role of virtual ...

This demonstration shows the implementation of a cooperative and coordinated robotic task in the soccer domain. Two Sony AIBO robots are placed on a soccer field with the task of passing a ball (Figure 1). Initially the robots search for the ball, and ...

This demonstration aims to show the decentralized coordination of the navigation system of highly autonomous Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) integrated in a real industrial environment. These vehicles are used for goods delivery tasks between different ...

In environments which possess relatively few features that enable a robot to unambiguous determine its location, global localization algorithms can result in multiple hypotheses locations for a robot which makes active guidance for localization ...

This paper presents a distributed application named AERIAL which allows coordination and control of multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) engaged in temporally constrained missions. This application combines multiagent paradigm and trajectory ...

This paper describes an agent-based platform for the allocation of loads in distributed transportation logistics, developed as a collaboration between CWI, Dutch National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam and Vos Logistics ...

A key challenge for the successful deployment of systems consisting of multiple autonomous networked sensors is the development of decentralised mechanisms to coordinate the activities of these physically distributed devices in order to achieve good ...

Our demo presents an agent-based intrusion detection system designed for deployment on high-speed backbone networks. The major contribution of the system is the integration of several anomaly detection techniques by means of collective trust modeling ...

Bots for Real Time Strategy (RTS) games provide a rich challenge to implement. A bot controls a number of units that may have to navigate in a partially unknown environment, while at the same time search for enemies and coordinate attacks to fight them ...

The urban forms we find in our cities are usually a juxtaposition of several biases. For example, a Developer is biased to think of the city as a 'collection of numbers', an Infrastructure person is biased to think of the city as a 'connection between ...

A new trend in home automation is to integrate audio en video applications. However in current domotics systems, these are usually conFigured statically. We implemented a home automation tool that dynamically (re)schedules bandwidth for different types ...

DEIRA is a virtual agent commenting on virtual horse races in real time. DEIRA analyses the state of the race, acts on emotion and comments about the situation in a believable and engaging way, using synthesized speech and facial expressions. This paper ...

We demonstrate an intelligent personal assistant agent that has been developed to aid a busy knowledge worker in managing time commitments and performing tasks. The PExA agent draws on a diverse set of AI technologies that are linked within the SPARK ...

The Prometheus Design Tool (PDT) is an agent development tool that supports the Prometheus design methodology and includes features like automated code generation. We enhance this tool by adding a feature that allows the automated unit testing of agents ...

SEAGENT is a goal-oriented MAS development platform developed by Ege University MAS research group. SEAGENT project was officially started in 2002. Its architecture evolved gradually till 2006 and then became stable and actively used within our research ...

The proliferation of mobile computers---such as laptops, personal digital assistants, and smart phones---has propelled distributed computing into mainstream society. Over the past decade these technologies have spurred interest in both decentralized ...

The contribution presents a multi-agent technology in the domain of the air-traffic control of several autonomous aerial vehicles (manned as well as unmanned). The system has been validated mainly by the collision avoidance (CA) tasks. Several ...

In this paper we propose to use SecondLife® as an evaluation environment for multiagent systems that model social group dynamics and social interactions. To this end we developed a control interface for NPCs in SecondLife® that allows for running ...

In the complex, dynamic domain of Air Traffic Control (ATC) many unexpected events can happen during the execution of a plan. Sometimes these disruptions make the plan infeasible and require a change of the original plan. Unexpected events may disrupt ...