Multiagent Platforms : First Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA '98, Singapore, November 23, 1998, Selected Papers

by Toru, Ishida; Ishida, Toru; Prima 9 (1998 Singapore)

• ISBN13: 9783540659679
• ISBN10: 3540659676
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the First Pacific Rim International Conference on Multiagents, PRIMA '98, held in Singapore in November 1998 during PRICAI '98.The 13 revised full papers presented have been carefully reviewed for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on multiagent systems design, coordination platforms, and network application platforms; they address various current issues ranging from theorectical foundations to advanced applications in several areas.

Table of Contents

Multiagent System Design
MAS Building Environments with Product-Line-Architecture Awareness	1	(17)
Soe-Tsyr Yuan
ADIPS Framework for Flexible Distributed Systems	18	(15)
Tetsuo Kinoshita
Kenji Sugawara
A Conceptual ``Role-Centered'' Model for Design of Multi-Agent Systems	33	(14)
Jean-Dany Vally
Remy Courdier
Coordination Platforms
Desiderata in Agent Architectures for Coordinating Multi-Agent Systems	47	(14)
Jaeho Lee
Time-Bounded Negotiation Framework for Multi-Agent Coordination	61	(15)
Kyoung Jun Lee
Yong Sik Chang
A Fuzzy Game Theoretic Approach to Multi-Agent Coordination	76	(12)
Shih-Hung Wu
Von-Wun Soo
Partial Plan Recognition Using Predictive Agents	88	(15)
Jung-Jin Lee
Robert McCartney
Multiagent Coordination with OASIS	103	(15)
David Ramamonjisoa
Network Application Platforms
Personalized Web Retrieval: Three Agents for Retrieving Web Information	118	(15)
Jieh Hsiang
Hsieh-Chang Tu
Single-Agent and Multi-Agent Approaches to WWW Information Integration	133	(15)
Yasuhiko Kitamura
Tomoya Noda
Shoji Tatsumi
A Multi-Agent Framework for Intranet Service Integration	148	(14)
Jane Yung-jen Hsu
Secure Agent-Mediated Mobile Payment	162	(12)
Xiao Feng Wang
Kwok Yan Lam
Xun Yi
A Secure Communication Scheme for Multiagent Systems	174	(13)
Hongxue Wang
Vijay Varadharajan
Yan Zhang
Author Index	187