diff --git a/INFO_DP.bib b/INFO_DP.bib index e716cc8..899048f 100644 --- a/INFO_DP.bib +++ b/INFO_DP.bib @@ -2,19 +2,72 @@ %% http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/ -%% Created for Nigel Stanger at 2010-12-03 09:43:44 +1300 +%% Created for Nigel Stanger at 2011-05-06 11:22:11 +1200 %% Saved with string encoding Western (Mac OS Roman) +@techreport{dp2011-04, + Abstract = {Previous research on modelling and monitoring norms, contracts and commitments has studied the semantics of concepts such as obligation, permission, prohibition and commitment; languages for expressing behavioural constraints (such as norms or contracts) to be followed by agents in specific contexts; and mechanisms for run-time monitoring of fulfilment and violation of these constraints. However, there has been little work that provided all of these features while also allowing the current expectations of agents, and the fulfilment and violation of these expectations to be expressed as first-class constructs in the language. This paper demonstrates the benefits of providing this capability by considering a variety of use cases and demonstrating how these can be addressed as applications of a previously defined temporal logic of expectations and an associated monitoring technique.}, + Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, + Author = {Stephen Cranefield and Michael Winikoff and Wamberto Vasconcelos}, + Date-Added = {2011-05-06 10:36:50 +1200}, + Date-Modified = {2011-05-06 10:36:50 +1200}, + Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, + Month = feb, + Number = {2011/04}, + Title = {Modelling and monitoring interdependent expectations}, + Type = {Discussion paper}, + Year = {2011}} + +@techreport{dp2011-03, + Abstract = {Second Life is a multi-purpose online virtual world that provides a rich platform for remote human interaction. It is increasingly being used as a simulation platform to model complex human interactions in diverse areas, as well as to simulate multi-agent systems. It would therefore be beneficial to provide techniques allowing high-level agent development tools, especially cognitive agent platforms such as belief-desire-intention (BDI) programming frameworks, to be interfaced to Second Life. This is not a trivial task as it involves mapping potentially unreliable sensor readings from complex Second Life simulations to a domain-specific abstract logical model of observed properties and/or events. This paper investigates this problem in the context of agent interactions in a multi-agent system simulated in Second Life. We present a framework which facilitates the connection of any multi-agent platform with Second Life, and demonstrate it in conjunction with an extension of the Jason BDI interpreter.}, + Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, + Author = {Surangika Ranathunga and Stephen Cranefield and Martin Purvis}, + Date-Added = {2011-02-04 15:54:36 +1300}, + Date-Modified = {2011-02-09 16:49:21 +1300}, + Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, + Month = feb, + Number = {2011/03}, + Title = {Interfacing a cognitive agent platform with Second Life}, + Type = {Discussion paper}, + Year = {2011}} + +@techreport{dp2011-02, + Abstract = {Although expectations play an important role in designing cognitive agents, agent expectations are not explicitly being handled in most common agent programming environments. There are techniques for monitoring fulfilment and violation of agent expectations, however they are not linked with common agent programming environments so that agents can be easily programmed to respond to these circumstances. This paper investigates how expectation monitoring tools can be tightly integrated with the Jason BDI agent interpreter by extending it with built-in actions to initiate and terminate monitoring of expectations, and demonstrates how an external expectation monitor is linked with Jason using these internal actions.}, + Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, + Author = {Surangika Ranathunga and Stephen Cranefield and Martin Purvis}, + Date-Added = {2011-02-04 13:15:44 +1300}, + Date-Modified = {2011-02-09 16:41:53 +1300}, + Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, + Month = feb, + Number = {2011/02}, + Title = {Integrating expectation handling into Jason}, + Type = {Discussion paper}, + Year = {2011}} + +@techreport{dp2011-01, + Abstract = {Container terminals play a critical role in international shipping and are under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. The problem of managing container terminals effectively has a number of characteristics which make agents a suitable technology to consider applying. Container terminals involve the operation of distributed entities (e.g. quay cranes, straddle carriers) which coordinate to achieve competing goals in a dynamic environment. This paper describes a joint industry-university project which has explored the applicability of agent technology to the domain of container terminal management. We describe an emulation platform of a container terminal based on the JADE agent framework, along with two optimisations that have been developed and integrated with the emulator: allocating container moves to machines through negotiation, and allocating containers to yard locations through an evolutionary algorithm.}, + Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, + Author = {Michael Winikoff and Hanno-Felix Wagner and Thomas Young and Stephen Cranefield and Roger Jarquin and Guannan Li and Brent Martin and Rainer Unland}, + Date-Added = {2011-02-04 13:15:06 +1300}, + Date-Modified = {2011-02-04 13:15:06 +1300}, + Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, + Keywords = {container terminal management, container terminal optimisation, logistics}, + Month = jan, + Number = {2011/01}, + Title = {Agent-based container terminal optimisation}, + Type = {Discussion paper}, + Year = {2011}} + @techreport{dp2010-07, Abstract = {In this article we review contemporary multi-agent system architectures and implementations. We particularly focus on asynchronous message passing mechanisms. Our motivation is to explore two main areas in the context of multi-agent systems: the concept of micro-agents and the asynchronous message passing architectures. In the article we take a close look at the emerging area of micro-agent-based systems and contrast them with selected representatives from the general field of agent architectures. We provide historical references and examples of contemporary implementations supporting the hierarchical micro-agent-based software engineering paradigm. In addition, we also investigate various implementation mechanisms for efficient asynchronous message passing between large numbers of small interacting software components with regards to their use in the context of multi-agent systems. The results show a trade-off between performance, fairness and usability as key problem when selecting an appropriate solution. Future investigations into alternative concurrency handling mechanisms for better support of micro-agent architectures are suggested.}, Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, Author = {Christopher Frantz and Mariusz Nowostawski and Martin Purvis}, - Date-Added = {2010-11-17 14:50:10 +1300}, - Date-Modified = {2010-11-17 14:50:10 +1300}, + Date-Added = {2011-01-21 13:20:28 +1300}, + Date-Modified = {2011-01-21 13:20:28 +1300}, Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, Keywords = {multi-agent systems, micro-agents, asynchronous, communication, message passing}, Month = nov, @@ -23,6 +76,20 @@ Type = {Discussion paper}, Year = {2010}} +@techreport{dp2011-05, + Abstract = {In Normative Multi-Agent Systems (NorMAS), researchers have investigated several mechanisms for agents to learn norms. In the context of agents learning norms, the objectives of the paper are three-fold. First, this paper aims at providing an overview of different mechanisms employed by researchers for norm learning. Second, it discusses the contributions of different mechanisms to the three aspects of active learning namely learning by doing, observing and com- municating. Third, it compares two normative architectures which have an emphasis on the learning of norms. It also discusses the features that should be considered in future norm learning architectures.}, + Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, + Author = {Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu}, + Date-Added = {2010-11-17 14:50:10 +1300}, + Date-Modified = {2011-05-06 10:38:53 +1200}, + Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, + Keywords = {norms, learning, agents, mechanisms}, + Month = may, + Number = {2011/05}, + Title = {Norm learning in multi-agent societies}, + Type = {Discussion paper}, + Year = {2011}} + @techreport{dp2010-06, Abstract = {Changes in population demographics and lifestyle choices have led to an increased risk of higher mortality from house fires. The current average of 27 house fire related deaths per year is likely to be exceeded in the following years. The aging population with its natural increase in age related hearing loss and the younger demographic only having mobile phones and no land-lines means there is a need for alternative warning methods of smoke alarm activation. This project develops a proof of concept application that runs on a smart phone and detects an activated smoke alarm. If there is no response by the occupants automatically trigger an alarm to a predefined contact group. This application can reduce the possibility of death or injury by persons unable to respond to an activated alarm.}, Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, @@ -1817,11 +1884,11 @@ Year = {1994}} @techreport{dp1996-21, - Abstract = {The development of multimedia information systems must be managed and controlled just as it is for other generic system types. This paper proposes an approach for assessing multimedia component and system characteristics with a view to ultimately using these features to estimate the associated development effort. Given the different nature of multimedia systems, existing metrics do not appear to be entirely useful in this domain; however, some general principles can still be applied in analysis. Some basic assertions concerning the influential characteristics of multimedia systems are made and a small preliminary set of data is evaluated}, + Abstract = {The development of multimedia information systems must be managed and controlled just as it is for other generic system types. This paper proposes an approach for assessing multimedia component and system characteristics with a view to ultimately using these features to estimate the associated development effort. Given the different nature of multimedia systems, existing metrics do not appear to be entirely useful in this domain; however, some general principles can still be applied in analysis. Some basic assertions concerning the influential characteristics of multimedia systems are made and a small preliminary set of data is evaluated.}, Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, Author = {Tim Fletcher and William B.L. Wong and Stephen G. MacDonell}, Date-Added = {2009-06-08 14:20:00 +1200}, - Date-Modified = {2009-06-10 16:40:52 +1200}, + Date-Modified = {2011-01-24 17:25:34 +1300}, Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, Keywords = {multimedia, management, metrics}, Month = {October}, @@ -2347,12 +2414,12 @@ Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, Author = {Stephen G. MacDonell}, Date-Added = {2009-06-08 14:20:00 +1200}, - Date-Modified = {2009-06-10 14:46:31 +1200}, + Date-Modified = {2011-01-19 14:30:30 +1300}, Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, Month = {November}, Number = {93/4}, Size = {225 KB}, - Title = {Software development, {CASE} tools and {4GLs}---{A} survey of {N}ew {Z}ealand usage (part 1)}, + Title = {Software development, {CASE} tools and {4GLs}---{A} survey of {N}ew {Z}ealand usage. Part 1: 750 New Zealand organisations}, Type = {Discussion paper}, Year = {1993}} @@ -2502,7 +2569,7 @@ Address = {Dunedin, New Zealand}, Author = {Samuel Mann and George L. Benwell and William G. Lee}, Date-Added = {2009-06-08 14:20:00 +1200}, - Date-Modified = {2009-06-09 16:59:10 +1200}, + Date-Modified = {2011-01-17 14:34:32 +1300}, Institution = {Department of Information Science, University of Otago}, Month = {March}, Number = {97/02},