Publications

2009

• Efficient Semantic Information Exchange for Ambient Intelligence J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, R.M. van Eijk, P.J. Werkhoven. The Computer Journal 2009, doi: 10.1093/comjnl/bxp007 [pdf] [journal]
   

2008

• On Alignment of Eye Behaviour in Human-Agent interaction H. Prüst, R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. Paper presented at 1st International Conference on Human-Robot Personal Relationships, June 12-13, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. [technical report (pdf)]

 
• Information Supply Mechanisms in Ubiquitous Computing, Crisis Management and Workflow Modelling. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, R.M. van Eijk, P.J. Werkhoven. In: Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Task Models and Diagrams (TAMODIA). LNCS 5247, pp. 72-83, Springer Verlag. [pdf]

 
• Agent Communication in Ubiquitous Computing: the Ubismart Approach. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, R.M. van Eijk, P.J. Werkhoven. In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS08), ACM Press, pp. 813-820. [pdf]

 
• Modeling Decentralized Information Flow in Ambient Environments. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, R.M. van Eijk and P.J. Werkhoven. In Ambient Intelligence Developments (AmI.d 2007), pp. 23-33, Springer Verlag. [pdf]

 

2007

• Dialogue Coherence: A Generation Framework. R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. Journal of Logic, Language and Information 16(4), pp. 365-385. [pdf][journal]

 
• Repairing Conceptual Mismatches in Human-Computer Dialogue. R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. Discourse Processes 44(3), pp. 213-243. [pdf][journal]

 
• Ontology Negotiation in Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems: the ANEMONE System. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. Applied Ontology. 2 (3-4), pp. 267 - 303. [pdf]
   
• Ontology Negotiation: Goals, Requirements and Implementation. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. Int. J. Agent-Oriented Software Engineering 1(1), pp. 63 - 90. [pdf][journal]
   
• Agent Communication and Social Concepts. F. Dignum and R.M. van Eijk. Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 14(2), pp. 119-120. [pdf]
   
• Special issue on Agent Communication. F. Dignum and R.M. van Eijk (eds.) Autonomous Agents and Multiagent systems 14(2). [journal]

2006

• A Computational Approach to the Interpretation of Indirect Speech Acts. R.J. Beun, R.M. van Eijk, J.-J. Ch. Meyer and N.L. Vergunst. In I International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies (InSciT 2006), Merida, Spain. ISBN 84-611-3106-1. [pdf]

 
• Agent Communication II F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk & R. Flores (eds.) International Workshops on Agent Communication, AC 2005 and AC 2006, Utrecht, Netherlands, July 2005 and Hakodate, Japan, May, 2006 Selected and Revised Papers, volume 3859 of LNAI. Berlin: Springer.
   
• Repairing Conceptual Mismatches in Dialogue: a Computational Approach R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. Technical report UU-CS-2006-033, Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. [pdf]

 
• ANEMONE: An Effective Minimal Ontology Negotiation Environment J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems (AAMAS 2006). [pdf]

2005

• Conceptual Mismatches and Repair in Human-Computer Interaction. R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Dialogue Modelling and Generation. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. ISBN 3-921823-30-7. [pdf] [proceedings]

 
• Process algebra and constraint programming for modeling interactions in MAS. Frank S. de Boer, Wieke de Vries, John-Jules Ch. Meyer, Rogier M. van Eijk and Wiebe van der Hoek. Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing 16 (2-3): pages 113-150. [journal]

 
• A decentralized approach for establishing a shared communication vocabulary. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In International workshop on agent mediated knowledge management (AMKM 2005), held with AAMAS2005 .

 
• Combining normal communication with ontology alignment. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In International workshop on agent communication (AC 2005), held with AAMAS2005 .

 
• Optimal communication vocabularies and heterogeneous ontologies. J. van Diggelen, R.J. Beun, F. Dignum, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Agent Communication (AC 2004), pages 76-90, volume 3396 of LNAI. Berlin: Springer. [pdf] [proceedings]

 
• Agent Communication. R.M. van Eijk, M.-P. Huget and F. Dignum (eds.) International Workshop on Agent Communication, AC 2004, New York, NY, USA, July 2004, Revised Selected and Invited Papers , volume 3396 of LNAI. Berlin: Springer. [proceedings]

2004

• Ontological Feedback in Multiagent Systems. R.J. Beun, R.M. van Eijk and H. Prüst. In Proceedings of Third International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, pages 110-117. New York: ACM Press [pdf]

 
• Conceptual Discrepancies and Feedback in Human-Computer Interaction R.J Beun and R.M. van Eijk. In Proceedings of the conference on Dutch directions in HCI. ACM Press, New York. [pdf] [proceedings]

 
• Coordinating Agents in OO F.S. de Boer, C. Pierik, R.M. van Eijk and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In M.D. Ryan et al. (eds) Objects, Agents and Features. pages 8 - 25, volume 2975 of LNCS, Springer-Verlag, 2004. [pdf] [proceedings]

 
• A Cooperative Dialogue Game for Resolving Ontological Discrepancies. R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. In Dignum, F. (ed.) Advances in Agent Communication. volume 2922 of LNCS. Berlin: Springer, 2004. [pdf]

 
• Feedback in Human Computer Interaction: Resolving Ontological discrepancies. R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. In L. Breure, A. Dillon and H. van Oostendorp (eds.) Creation, Use and Deployment of Digital Information. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004.

• Feedback in Human Computer Interaction: Resolving Ontological discrepancies. R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. Technical report UU-CS-2003-055, Institute for Information and Computing Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. [pdf]

 
• A Dialogue Game Protocol for Agent Purchase Negotiations. P. McBurney, R.M. van Eijk, S. Parsons, and L. Amgoud. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 7(3), pages 235-273, 2003. [pdf] [journal]

 
• A Verification Framework for Agent Communication. R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 6(2), pages 185-219, 2003. [pdf] [journal]

 
• A Fully Abstract Model for the Exchange of Information in Multi-Agent Systems. F.S. de Boer, R.M. van Eijk, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. Theoretical Computer Science 290(3), pages 1753-1773, 2003. [pdf] [journal]

 
• Dialogue Games for Ontological Commitment
  R.J. Beun and R.M. van Eijk. In J.S. Rosenschein, T. Sandholm, M. Wooldridge & M. Yakoo (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems pages 938 - 939, ACM press, 2003.

 
• Process Algebra for Agent Communication: A General Semantic Approach.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In M.P. Huget (ed.) Communication in Multiagent Systems - Agent Commmunication Languages and Conversation Policies. pages 113 - 128, volume 2650 of LNCS, Springer-Verlag, 2003. [pdf]

 

• Semantics of Agent Communication: An Introduction.
  R.M. van Eijk. In Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems, UKMAS 1996-2000, Selected Papers, pages 152-168, volume 2403 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 2002. [pdf]

 

• Modal Logic with Bounded Quantification over Worlds. R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. Journal of Logic and Computation. 11(5), pages 701-715, 2001. [pdf] [journal]

 
• On Dynamically Generated Ontology Translators in Agent Communication. R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. International Journal of Intelligent Systems 16(5), pages 587-607, 2001. [pdf] [journal]

 
• Decidable Navigation Logics for Object Structures.
  F.S. de Boer, and R.M. van Eijk. In Computer Science Logic, 15th International Workshop (CSL 2001), pages 324-338, volume 2142 of LNCS, Springer-Verlag, 2001. [ps] [pdf]

 
• Generalised Object-Oriented Concepts for Inter-Agent Communication.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In Intelligent Agents VII,  Proceedings of 7th International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (ATAL 2000), pages 260-274, volume 1986 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 2001. [ps] [pdf]

 

• A Modal Logic for Network Topologies.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In M. Ojeda-Aciego, M. I.P. de Guzman, G. Brewka, and L.M.  Pereira, editors, Proceedings of the 7th European Workshop on Logics in Artificial Inteligence (JELIA 2000), pages 269-283, volume 1919 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 2000.

 
• Operational Semantics for Agent Communication Languages.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In F. Dignum, M. Greaves, editors, Issues in Agent Communication, pages 80-95, volume 1916 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 2000. [pdf]

 
• Failure Semantics for the Exchange of Information in Multi-Agent Systems.
  F.S. de Boer, R.M. van Eijk, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In C. Palamidessi, editor, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference  on Concurrency Theory (CONCUR 2000), pages 214-228, volume 1877 of LNCS, Springer-Verlag, 2000. [ps] [pdf]
   
• Open Multi-Agent Systems: Agent Communication and Integration.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In N.R. Jennings, and Y. Lesperance, editors, Intelligent Agents VI,  Proceedings of 6th International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (ATAL'99), pages 218-232, volume 1757 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 2000.
   

• Information-Passing and Belief Revision in Multi-Agent Systems.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In J.P.M. Muller, M.P. Singh, and A.S. Rao, editors, Intelligent Agents V,  Proceedings of 5th International Workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages (ATAL'99), pages 29-45, volume 1555 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 1999.

• Systems of Communicating Agents.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In H. Prade, editor, Proceedings of the 13th biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI'98), pages 293-297, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1998.

 
• Constructing Translations Between Individual Vocabularies in Multi-Agent Systems.
  R.M. van Eijk, F.S. de Boer, W. van der Hoek, and J.-J.Ch. Meyer. In F. Giunchiglia, editor, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems and Applications (AIMSA'98), pages 240-253, volume 1480 of LNAI, Springer-Verlag, 1998. 

 

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• Intelligent User Interfaces

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