Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems: UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers / Edition 1

by Mark d'Inverno, Michael Luck, Michael Fisher, Christ Preist

Overview

This book presents revised full versions of papers contributed to UK Workshops on Multi-Agent Systems, UKMAS, during 1996 and 2000.

From the early days of MAS research, the UK community has been a particularly productive one with numerous key contributions. The 15 papers by internationally reputed researchers deal with various aspects of agent technology, with a certain emphasis on foundational issues in multi-agent systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540439622
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	08/26/2002
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #2403
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.17(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Coordinating Intelligent Agents.- Strategies for Discovering Coordination Needs in MultiAgent Systems.- Agent-Mediated Interaction. From Auctions to Negotiation and Argumentation.- Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence.- Rights for Multi-agent Systems.- Infrastructure Support for Agent-Based Development.- An Anthropological Approach to the Discovery of Ontologies in Multi-agent Societies.- Scalability in Multi-agent Systems: The FIPA-OS Perspective.- Agents and MAS in STaMs.- Semantics of Agent Communication: An Introduction.- Agents with Bounded Temporal Resources.- A Model of Delegation for Multi-agent Systems.- Agent Specification Using Multi-context Systems.- An Adaptive Choice of Messaging Prool in Multi Agent Systems.- On Partially Observable MDPs and BDI Models.