Enhancing Online Games with Agents

2011 ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Agostino Poggi
Keyword(s):  
Heterogeneous Network ◽  
Online Games ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Popular Entertainment ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Right

Online games have grown during recent years into a popular entertainment form with a wide variety of games and player communities spread across the world. Such games have, as the most important requirements, to be ease-of-use, to induce newbies to play, and to maintain the game hard to master, to induce players to play for a long time. Moreover, given that a large set of them are based on the competition of (often numerous) teams of players and/or non-player character, then the use of smart and effective coordination techniques is indispensable for their development. Agent technologies can be considered a suitable solution for coping with the previous requirements. In fact, their learning and coordination capabilities make them the right means for both realizing online games and supporting players in all the operation that are necessary to play a game. The goal of this chapter is to describe the main reasons for which multi-agent systems are considered one of the most interesting technologies for the development of online games and for providing the most appropriate services to maintain game communities. It particular, this chapter introduces JADE, a software framework designed to aid the development of multi-agent applications, and shows how it can be used for the realization of online games that want both to be accessible through heterogeneous network and devices and to provide a smart set of services for their game communities.

scholarly journals Can models of agents be transferred between different areas?

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH AYLETT ◽  
KERSTIN DAUTENHAHN ◽  
JIM DORAN ◽  
MICHAEL LUCK ◽  
SCOTT MOSS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Sustained Activity ◽  
Diverse Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
Multi Agent

One of the main reasons for the sustained activity and interest in the field of agent-based systems, apart from the obvious recognition of its value as a natural and intuitive way of understanding the world, is its reach into very many different and distinct fields of investigation. Indeed, the notions of agents and multi-agent systems are relevant to fields ranging from economics to robotics, in contributing to the foundations of the field, being influenced by ongoing research, and in providing many domains of application. While these various disciplines constitute a rich and diverse environment for agent research, the way in which they may have been linked by it is a much less considered issue. The purpose of this panel was to examine just this concern, in the relationships between different areas that have resulted from agent research. Informed by the experience of the participants in the areas of robotics, social simulation, economics, computer science and artificial intelligence, the discussion was lively and sometimes heated.

Der καιρός bei Prokop von Kaisareia

Millennium ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-102
Author(s):  
Hansjoachim Andres
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Greek Literature ◽  
Salvation History ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
The Right

Abstract Procopius’ view on history and the nature of his Weltanschauung have been amatter of debate for a long time. Especially the relation between the influence of God and the influence of fate is a central problem in the interpretation of the Corpus Procopianum. In contrast, the concept of καιρός has been disregarded almost universally. Starting with the two fundamental meanings of the term in Greek literature and thought, the right measure and the right time, this paper gives a first glance at Procopius’ use of this concept. It is shown that both of these meanings can have an ontological and practical aspect, in Greek literature as well as in Procopius and even beyond that,while the typical Greek understanding and use of the term is a synthesis of both. To understand how Procopius uses καιρός, one needs to expound the problems of this synthesis, that culminate in three major questions:Who is the originator of the καιρός? How frequently does the καιρός appear and does every human action have its καιρός? How does one know the presence of the καιρός and whence does one know how to act during it? After a careful study of the works of Procopius, using mainly the philosophy of Plato and the assumptions of Dariusz Brodka, the answers are: 1) The originator of the καιρός is God, who not only gives the opportunity, but at the same time implements the task to use this opportunity, so the καιρός becomes a part of Salvation History. This concept is shown to be similar to Old Testament views on time and opportunity. 2) Contrary to ancient thought, not every human action in Procopius has its καιρός. The moment only arises when God wants it to arise. 3) The human ability to know the presence of a καιρός and to know the right action during this moment Procopius understands according to Plato: it is possible through the application of experience and reason. In the Anecdota, the καιρός is used to further discredit and demonise Justinianus. The rule of the Emperor changes the basic conditions of the world in such a way that man is no longer able to recognise the godly καιρός through application of experience and therefore is unable to use this moment given by God. The amount of knowledge one needs to manipulate the world in such away is an impossibility foramere human, but a given for the demon Justinianus. The terror of Justinianus therefore gains a metaphysical dimension, just like the Emperor himself thanks to his presentation as a demon. Justinianus’ relation to the καιρός is horrible, for God neither presents him with such a moment nor is he able to do anything but act against the godly καιρός of others, for it is the nature of a demon to act against God. Finally it is shown that the καιρός of Procopius is very different from the καιρός of Thucydides. In Procopius it is a basic principle of God’s operations in the world, whereas in Thucydides it is a somewhat vague everyday term.

scholarly journals NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES: A REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleena s kumar
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Disorders ◽  
Nutritional Deficiency ◽  
The Body ◽  
Nutritional Deficiencies ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Low Health Literacy ◽  
Hidden Hunger ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Right

Nutrients like proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and lipids are required for the right function of our body. Nutritional deficiency disorders are a major problem faced by the world, millions of people in the world suffer from undernourishment. Deficiency occurs when the food we are consuming does not contain the required amount of nutrients or when our body is not being able to absorb nutrients due to some genetic disorders or other secondary reasons. Nutritional deficiency is considered as the ‘hidden hunger’ and a person can suffer from deficiency of vitamins, proteins, minerals, carbohydrates and fatty acids. This review describes the different types of nutritional deficiencies, their causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention. The deficiencies are mostly asymptomatic but in a long time can very adversely affect the body functions and impair the immune system and cause chronic illness and infections. The severity of symptoms and the treatment varies from person to person. Poverty and low health literacy are the most important reasons for the prevalence of nutritional deficiencies in the world. However, these deficiencies can be prevented by promoting health education among adults, encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle and providing nutritional and healthy food to the ones who do not have access to it. Nutrition campaigns, supplementation and genetic engineering of plants and food crops has decreased the pervasiveness of deficiency disorders.

scholarly journals Resource-bounded Norm Monitoring In Multi-agent Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 153-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Criado
Keyword(s):  
Incomplete Information ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Sociotechnical System ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Norm Violations ◽  
Norm Compliance ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Bounded Norm

Norms allow system designers to specify the desired behaviour of a sociotechnical system. In this way, norms regulate what the social and technical agents in a sociotechnical system should (not) do. In this context, a vitally important question is the development of mechanisms for monitoring whether these agents comply with norms. Proposals on norm monitoring often assume that monitoring has no costs and/or that monitors have unlimited resources to observe the environment and the actions performed by agents. In this paper, we challenge this assumption and propose the first practical resource-bounded norm monitor. Our monitor is capable of selecting the resources to be deployed and use them to check norm compliance with incomplete information about the actions performed and the state of the world. We formally demonstrate the correctness and soundness of our norm monitor and study its complexity. We also demonstrate in randomised simulations and benchmark experiments that our monitor can select monitored resources effectively and efficiently, detecting more norm violations and fulfilments than other tractable optimization approaches and obtaining slightly worse results than intractable optimal approaches.

scholarly journals OPINI GURU TENTANG PEMANFAATAN GOOGLE CLASSROOM DI ERA NEW NORMAL PANDEMI COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
EFLINA
Keyword(s):  
Character Education ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
Student Work ◽  
New Normal ◽  
The World ◽  
Teacher Needs ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Right

ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberi gambaran opini guru tentang pemanfaatan google classroom sebagai media pembelajaran di era new normal pandemi covid-19. Guru berperan sangat penting untuk tercapainya pendidikan yang berkualitas dan berkarakter. Metode pembelajaran yang disampaikan sebaiknya disajikan secara menarik dan mudah dipahami oleh siswa.Karenanya pemilihan media pembelajaran yang tepat pada situasi darurat, perlu menjadi bahan pertimbangan para guru selaku pemeran utama dalam dunia pendidikan.  Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode survey terhadap 31 orang guru yang mengajar di SMAN 1 Bakam dan SMAN 1 Pemali melalui sebaran angket tertutup dan terbuka dalam bentuk google form. Hasil angket disajikan dalam bentuk tabel dan grafik, serta dianalisis secara deskriptif. Terdapat rata-rata 88,7 % guru memberi respon positif dan menyatakan setuju pada keunggulan fitur-fitur google classroom. Hal ini didukung pula dari hasil angket terbuka yang menyatakan bahwa keunggulan google classroom tersebut, memfasilitasi semua kebutuhan guru, mulai dari mengontrol kehadiran siswa, membuat kelas, menyampaikan materi dan penugasan, melakukan evaluasi dan penilaian,  serta memberi umpan balik terhadap pekerjaan siswa. Semua data hasil pekerjan siswa, tersimpan dan terorganisir dengan baik pada google dan berlangsung lama. Kata kunci: opini guru; google classroom; pandemi covid-19   ABSTARCT This study aims to provide an overview of the teacher's opinion about the use of google classroom as a learning medium in the new normal era of the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachers play a very important role in achieving quality and character education. The learning method that is delivered should be presented in an attractive manner and easily understood by students. Therefore, choosing the right learning media in an emergency situation needs to be taken into consideration by teachers as the main players in the world of education. The research was conducted by surveying 31 teachers who taught at SMAN 1 Bakam and SMAN 1 Pemali through closed and open questionnaires in the form of google form. The results of the questionnaire were presented in tables and graphs, and were analyzed descriptively. There was an average of 88.7% of teachers giving positive responses and agreeing on the advantages of the Google classroom features. This is also supported by the results of an open questionnaire which states that the advantages of the google classroom are facilitating all teacher needs, starting from controlling student attendance, creating classes, delivering materials and assignments, conducting evaluations and assessments, and providing feedback on student work. All data on student work is stored and well organized on Google and lasts a long time. Key words: teachers opinion; google classroom; the covid-19 pandemic

A Scouting-Based Multi-Agent System Model to Deal with Service Collaboration in Cloud Computing

2014 ◽  
pp. 282-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Paletta
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Service Level ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Youth Movement ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Service Collaboration ◽  
Effective Service

Cloud computing addresses the use of scalable and often virtualized resources. It is based on service-level agreements that provide external users with requested services. Cloud computing is still evolving. New specific collaboration models among service providers are needed for enabling effective service collaboration, allowing the process of serving consumers to be more efficient. On the other hand, Scout Movement or Scouting has been a very successful youth movement in which the collaboration of its members can be observed. This motivated a previous work aiming to design MAS-Scout, a framework that defines Multi-Agent Systems based on the principles of Scouting. In this chapter, MAS-Scout is used to design a system to deal with service collaboration in a cloud computing environment focusing on the premise that Scouting has been a very successful social movement in the world and that collaboration is part of its principles. The results presented in this chapter show that MAS-Scout, which is based on the Scouting principles, can be satisfactorily used to automate cloud computing needs.

scholarly journals Combination of multi-agent systems and embedded hardware for the monitoring and analysis of diuresis

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 155014771772215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Villarrubia ◽  
Daniel Hernández ◽  
Juan F De Paz ◽  
Javier Bajo
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent System ◽  
Kidney Diseases ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Technological Tool

The early detection and monitoring of kidney disease continues being an important problem in medicine. The diagnosis and treatment of patients with this disease usually require expensive medical equipment that is difficult to install. Patients or medical centers may not always be able to afford such equipment. This work proposes the creation of a wireless sensor network for medical environments; it will assist medical professionals in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with renal symptomatology. This work will focus on the analysis of symptoms that accompany this disease and the design of a system which will help determine types of kidney diseases. The proposed system will incorporate new hardware mechanisms and an intelligent system. It will be designed through a multi-agent architecture based on virtual organizations. This architecture will include a new model of agents, specifically designed to be incorporated into computationally limited devices. This hardware will be characterized by its low cost and ease of use. A case study has been carried out in order to validate the proposed architecture. In order to validate the proposed architecture, we designed a case study that aims to provide a technological tool for medical professionals and makes it possible to determine any diseases related to diuresis. The initial results are promising.

INTEGRATING OBJECT-ORIENTED AND RULE-BASED PROGRAMMING FOR BUILDING AGENT SYSTEMS

1998 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 221-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
AGOSTINO POGGI
Keyword(s):  
Object Oriented ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Java Code

To facilitate the success of agent technology, we need suitable tools both to reduce the effort in the development of agent systems and to obtain efficient implementations of them. This paper presents an agent-oriented language for the development of multi-agent systems, called ALL (Agent Level Language), that should offer both the two features. In fact, on the one hand, ALL integrates object-oriented and rule based programming to simplify the definition of agent systems and the management of interactions between agents. On the other hand, ALL can be translated into C++, Common Lisp and Java code and can encapsulate objects written in these three languages allowing the reuse of a large amount of pre-existent software and the realization of efficient applications in a large set of (different) domains. ALL rules derive from YACC rules and can simplify the management of agents interaction because they are suitable for the parsing of messages and because they can be reused thanks to object-oriented inheritance.

scholarly journals Obstacles in Implementation of the Right to Water

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Kristián Čechmánek
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Water Sources ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Humanitarian Crisis ◽  
Cooperative Action ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe paper discusses the right to water as an integral part of a third generation rights in terms of its feasibility. The author tries to point out the need of participation of the private sector in solutions for effective elimination of indisputable humanitarian crisis in the world caused by scarcity of the clean water and most importantly by inadequate access to clean water sources. A long time struggle towards fighting poverty and ensuring basic need for life only by means of official authorities proves that despite indisputable political and normative progress, states consistently fail in meeting demands of implementation. Therefore the author emphasizes the necessity of cooperative action of a private sector and public sector stemming into a participative solution.

scholarly journals Abortion Based on Moral’s Catholic in the Light of Ensiklik Evangelium Vitae

EMBRIO ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
Eugenius Ervan Sardono
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Text Interpretation ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church ◽  
Interpretation Method ◽  
The Catholic Church

The main focus of this article is to parse abortion in light of Catholic morals. The church authorities base their teachings in the encyclical, as one of these Catholic moral teachings is contained in the evangelium vitae. Abortion is a social phenomenon that has existed for a long time and is a hot topic of conversation. Abortion is divided into two, namely provocative and spontaneous abortion. In this study, the authors focused on the review of provocate abortion. The purpose of this article is (1) to elaborate on the reality of abortion in light of the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae, (2) How does the Encyclical Evangelium Vitae reinforce the concept of life and (3) What does the Catholic Church teach about abortion and its contribution to the world of health? This paper analyzes the abortion phenomenon with the text interpretation method, a phenomenological study of qualitative studies. Based on what is found, that the Catholic Church has a great concern with issues that violate the right to life. So, it can be concluded that, for whatever reason the Catholic Church still rejects abortion.

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