Recent Publications and Manuscripts


"A Multi-Agent Architecture for Distributed Domain-Specific Information Integration," S. Rahimi, N. Carver, and F. Petry, in Net-Centric Approaches to Intelligence and National Security, R. Ladner and F. Petry, editors, Springer, 129--148, 2005.

"A Multi-Agent Architecture for Distributed Domain-Specific Information Integration," S. Rahimi and N. Carver, Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Science, IEEE Press, 1--9, January 2005.

"Evolution of the GPGP/TAEMS Domain-Independent Coordination Framework," V. Lesser, K. Decker, T. Wagner, N. Carver, A. Garvey, B. Horling, D. Neiman, R. Podorozhny, M. Prasad, A. Raja, R. Vincent, P. Xuan, and XQ. Zhang, International Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Vol. 9, No. 1, 87--143, 2004.
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"Minimizing Communication Cost in a Distributed Bayesian Network using a Decentralized MDP," J. Shen, V. Lesser, and N. Carver, Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2003.
Available as: gzipped Postscript or PDF.

"Analyzing the Efficiency of Strategies for MAS-based Sensor Interpretation and Diagnosis," N. Carver and R. Akavipat, Proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (poster session), 2003.
Published (short) version available as: gzipped Postscript or PDF.

"Domain Monotonicity and the Performance of Local Solutions Strategies for CDPS-based Distributed Sensor Interpretation and Distributed Diagnosis," N. Carver and V. Lesser, International Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Vol. 6, 35--76, 2003.
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"Reasoning about Remote Data in CDPS with Distributed Bayesian Network," J. Shen, V. Lesser, and N. Carver, Proceedings of Multi-Agent Systems and Applications -- ACAI, July 2001.
Available as: gzipped Postscript or PDF.