The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment insurance (UI) scheme and preferences for unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and defined replacement ratio UI systems are obtained in simulations. Then, the question whether switching to such an optimal system from the status quo would be...

This paper introduces a multiagent system, MAGES, which is used as a testbed for experimenting with different types of interactions between agents using heterogeneous architectures and behavior. This testbed is implemented as an extension of ACTALK, a generic actor language defined in SMALLTALK. It provides for : the ability to describe various agent architectures through a hierarchy of agent t...

The development of (mobile) agent-based applications for open environments requires heterogeneous agent-based platforms to be interoperable. Interoperability can be achieved through agents which are able to execute and migrate through heterogeneous agent platforms, interact with each other independently from the hosting platform, and interact with the agents of the applications already availabl...