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 platf...

The notion of an intelligent product calls for research into suitability for integration as it aims for coordination and integration on an unprecedented scale. This is particularly challenging where it affects the core businesses of companies. Moreover, these integration issues go well beyond IT interoperability. This paper presents a novel concept the intelligent being as a means to achieve su...

This paper describes an agent-based architecture designed to support the interoperation of distributed and disparate information processing tools and resources. This work is based on the premise that many computer users have a tool kit of familiar software tools and information resources that must be used in conjunction to perform the user’s information processing tasks. The architecture extend...

wheat starch is the most common type of starch in iran as well as many other parts of the world with enormous applications in food and non-food products. to improve its physicochemical properties or create new functionalities, starch can be modified by changing its molecular structure. amongst different methods for starch modification, physical methods have received more attention recently. pre...

Recombinant DNA methods are being widely used to express proteins in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells for both fundamental and applied research purposes. Expressed protein must be well characterized to be sure that it retains the same properties as the native one, especially when expressed protein will be used in the pharmaceutical field. In this aim, interfacial and kinetic properties of ...

In this paper we will present the concept of the ”Influence Landscape”, an extension to the current ”Influence Map” or ”Artificial Potential Field” that is commonly used in AI for Games. Influence Maps have previously only been used purely in relation to a spatial representation of the world and have been used to guide the movement of agents, avoiding dangerous areas and being drawn to rewardin...

Belief revision aims at incorporating, in a rational way, new piece of information into the beliefs an agent. Most works belief suppose classical logic setting, where agent are consistent. Moreover, consistency postulate states that result should be consistent if is But real applications it may easily happen (some parts of) not In this case then seems reasonable to use paraconsistent logics der...