A gent internal mechanisms form the basis for many of the languages proposed for describing agent behavior and interagent protocols. These mechanisms include Soar, a general cognitive architecture for developing systems that exhibit intelligent behavior, and the Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language, a language and protocol for developing large-scale sharable and reusable knowledge bases. F...

Finding adequate descriptions of multi-agent systems is a central issue for modelling collective dynamics. We propose a mathematical description of multi-agent systems as discrete dynamical systems. The ground of our proposition is the influence-reaction method of Ferber and Müller. The key idea is that agents should never act directly on other components of the system (agents or environment) b...

This paper presents a base code release by the UT Austin Villa RoboCup 3D simulation team from the University of Texas at Austin. The code release, based off the 2015 UT Austin Villa RoboCup champion agent, but with some features such as high level strategy removed, provides a fully functioning agent and good starting point for new teams to the RoboCup 3D simulation league. Additionally the cod...

A quantitative risk analysis was conducted to evaluate the design of the VX neutralization subsystem and related support facilities of the U.S. Army Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. Three major incidents including agent release, personnel injury, and system loss were studied using fault tree analysis methodology. Each incident was assigned a risk assessment code based on the severity l...

The ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella polygoni-cuspidati has been undergoing evaluation as a potential classical biological control agent for the invasive weed Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed), which has become troublesome in Europe and North America. In advance of the potential release of a biocontrol agent into a new environment, it is crucial to develop an effective monitoring system to ...