Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems - UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers

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.

List 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 Protocol in Multi Agent Systems.- On Partially Observable MDPs and BDI Models.

Summary

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

• Assisted by: Mark D'Inverno (Editor), Michael Fisher (Editor), Michael Luck (Editor), Christ Preist (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.02.2009
• EAN: 9783540439622
• ISBN: 978-3-540-43962-2
• No. of pages: 266
• Weight: 399 g
• Illustrations: X, 266 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; C, Artificial Intelligence, Netzwerk-Hardware, computer science, Ontology, intelligence, Computer Communication Networks, Computer communication systems, Semantics, Network hardware, multi-agent system, Scalable Agent Systems, ontologies, multi-agent systems, Intelligent Agents