A taxonomic classification of multiagent systems is constructed based on how the agents share resources. A formal description of a single intelligent agent is considered first. A system of multiple intelligent agents is viewed, formally, as a collection of these single agents. Coupling between agents is defined as the degree to which agents share resources. By analyzing the coupling between the...

Oligomer Coupling Agents in Phosphate Based Glass Fibre/PLA Composites P Haque, AJ Parsons, I Ahmed, DJ Irvine, GS Walker, CD Rudd (Univ of Nottingham) Polylactic acid oligomers as coupling agents have showed potentially higher interfacial shear strength in phosphate based glass fibre/ PLA composites. To influence bonding on the glass fibre surface, the short chain PLA with different end groups...

Using methods from computer science, anthropology and cultural studies, we present the principles of Izbushka, an intelligent agent being constructed with the goal of understanding interactions in heterogeneous multiagent systems, and observing emergent phenomena in such agent

Coupling agents in wood fiber and polymer composites (WFPC) play a very important role in improving the compatibility and adhesion between polar wood fibers and non-polar polymeric matrices. In this paper, we review coupling agents, pretreatment, and mixing technology for wood fiber and polymer currenrly used in the manufacture of WFPC. So far, over forty coupling agents have been used in produ...

While speaking about social interaction, psychology claims as crucial the temporal correlations between interactants’ behaviours: to give to their partners a feeling of natural interaction, interactants, be human, robotic or virtual, must be able to react on appropriate time. Recent approaches consider autonomous agents as dynamical systems and the interaction as a coupling between these system...