New articles are posted on a daily basis. This is a special issue on Applied Simulation Analysis . The award is intended to recognize researchers whose current work is an important influence on the field. The award committee is now seeking nominations for next year's award. Nominations are requested no later than July 6, 2001.
Artificial intelligence is now a regular academic discipline.
It is already embedded in many everyday products. Together, we know it all. Rather than relying on complex, centralized logic, systems that mimic ant behavior use many small, autonomous software agents. Each acting on the simplest of rules, these agents together can solve problems that are enormously complex when viewed as a whole. The quarterly FIPA meetings are free and open to FIPA members and interested non-members who are willing to actively contribute to the FIPA process.