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Predicting the Expected Behavior of Agents that Learn About Agents: The CLRI Framework
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-01)
We describe a framework and equations used to model and predict the behavior of multi-agent systems (MASs) with learning agents. A difference equation is used for calculating the progression of an agent's error in its ...
Browse and Search Patterns in a Digital Image Database
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-01)
A prototype image retrieval system with browse and search capabilities was developed to investigate patterns of searching a collection of digital visual images, as well as factors, such as image size, resolution, and ...
The nature of middle school learners' science content understandings with the use of on-line resources
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-03)
Early research on using the World Wide Web indicated that middle school students did not explore much and used Web tools naively. In response to these challenges, an on-line research engine, Artemis, was designed to provide ...
Rational Coordination in Multi-Agent Environments
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-12)
We adopt the decision-theoretic principle of expected utility maximization as a paradigm for designing autonomous rational agents, and present a framework that uses this paradigm to determine the choice of coordinated ...
Promoting understanding of chemical representations: Students' use of a visualization tool in the classroom
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001-09)
Many students have difficulty learning symbolic and molecular representations of chemistry. This study investigated how students developed an understanding of chemical representations with the aid of a computer-based ...
Emergent Properties of a Market-based Digital Library with Strategic Agents
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-03)
The University of Michigan Digital Library (UMDL) is designed as an open system that allows third parties to build and integrate their own profit-seeking agents into the marketplace of information goods and services. The ...
Rational Communication in Multi-Agent Environments
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-09)
We address the issue of rational communicative behavior among autonomous self-interested agents that have to make decisions as to what to communicate, to whom, and how. Following decision theory, we postulate that a rational ...
Editorial—A Survey of Research Questions for Intelligent Information Systems in Education
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-01)
Education is an application domain in which many research questions from Intelligent Information Systems may prove their worth. We discuss three themes in this editorial: distributed education and learner modeling, semantic ...
An Investigation of Software Scaffolds Supporting Modeling Practices
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-12)
Modeling of complex systems and phenomena is of value in science learning and is increasingly emphasised as an important component of science teaching and learning. Modeling engages learners in desired pedagogical activities. ...
Congregation Formation in Multiagent Systems
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-07)
We present congregating both as a metaphor for describing and modeling multiagent systems (MAS) and as a means for reducing coordination costs in large-scale MAS. When agents must search for other agents to interact with, ...