Cornwell, MarkJust, JamesKagal, LalanaFinin, TimHuhns, Mike2018-12-132018-12-132004-04-21http://hdl.handle.net/11603/12259Conference on the Human Impact and Application of Autonomic Computing Systems (CHIACS2)Declarative policies are useful for constraining autonomous behavior in open, distributed systems This enables more autonomy The Rei policy language and associate tools have provided a good base Semantic web languages (e.g., OWL) used, grounding descriptions in sharable, semantically rich, machine understandable ontologies We’re evaluating and exploring the utility of policies through prototype applications In one, Topsail, policies guide agents to help form, operate and maintain teams of people.58 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.pervasive computingpolicycross-agency human teamssemantic webUMBC Ebiquity Research GroupText