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Palpable Computing and the Role of Agent Technology

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Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV (CEEMAS 2005)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 3690))

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This paper presents a computing approach, called Palpable Computing, complementing and extending Ambient Computing notions and techniques. The main contribution of this paper lies in defining and discussing what role Agent Technology can play in Palpable Computing, and which of its ideas and technical approaches are (or are not) well suited to be adopted as a support for the Palpable Computing vision.

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  1. Whitestein Technologies AG, Pestalozzistrasse 24, 8032, Zürich, Switzerland

    Giovanni Rimassa, Dominic Greenwood & Monique Calisti

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  1. Department of Cybernetics, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

    Michael Pěchouček

  2. Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Freyung 6/6, A-1010, Vienna, Austria

    Paolo Petta

  3. Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Kende u. 13-17., 1111, Budapest, Hungary

    László Zsolt Varga

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Rimassa, G., Greenwood, D., Calisti, M. (2005). Palpable Computing and the Role of Agent Technology. In: Pěchouček, M., Petta, P., Varga, L.Z. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Applications IV. CEEMAS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3690. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11559221_1

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