Multi-Agent Systems and Applications : 9th ECCAI Advanced Course, ACAI 2001 and Agent Link's 3rd European Agent Systems Summer School, EASSS 2001, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2-13, 2001: Selected Tutorial Papers

by Luck, Michael; Marik, Vladimir; Stepankova, Olga; Trappl, Robert

• ISBN13: 9783540423126
• ISBN10: 3540423125
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book presents selected tutorial lectures given at the summer school on Multi-Agent Systems and Their Applications held in Prague, Czech Republic, in July 2001 under the sponsorship of ECCAI and Agent Link.The 20 lectures by leading researchers in the field presented in the book give a competent state-of-the-art account of research and development in the field of multi-agent systems and advanced applications. The book offers parts on foundations of MAS; social behaviour, meta-reasoning, and learning; and applications.

Table of Contents

Foundations of Multi-agent Systems
Perspectives on Organizations in Multi-agent Systems	1	(16)
L. Gasser
Multi-agent Infrastructure, Agent Discovery, Middle Agents for Web Services and Interoperation	17	(33)
K. Sycara
Logical Foundations of Agent-Based Computing	50	(24)
W. van der Hoek
Standardizing Agent Communication	74	(24)
Y. Labrou
Standardizing Agent Interoperability: The FIPA Approach	98	(20)
S. Poslad
P. Charlton
Distributed Problem Solving and Planning	118	(32)
E. H. Durfee
Automated Negotiation and Decision Making in Multiagent Environments	150	(23)
S. Kraus
Agents' Advanced Features for Negotiation and Coordination	173	(14)
E. Oliveira
Social Behaviour, Meta-reasoning, and Learning
Towards Heterogeneous Agent Teams	187	(24)
M. Tambe
D.V. Pynadath
Social Knowledge in Multi-agent Systems	211	(35)
V. Marik
M. Pechoucek
O. Stepankova
Machine Learning and Inductive Logic Programming for Multi-agent Systems	246	(25)
D. Kazakov
D. Kudenko
Relational Reinforcement Learning	271	(10)
K. Driessens
From Statistics to Emergence: Exercises in Systems Modularity	281	(20)
J. Kelemen
Emotions and Agents	301	(16)
P. Petta
R. Trappl
Applications
Multi-agent Coordination and Control Using Stigmery Applied to Manufacturing Control	317	(18)
P. Valckenaers
H. Van Brussel
M. Kollingbaum
O. Bochmann
Virtual Enterprise Modeling and Support Infrastructures: Applying Multi-agent System Approaches	335	(30)
L.M. Camarinha-Matos
H. Afsarmanesh
Specialised Agent Applications	365	(18)
K. Fischer
P. Funk
C. Rub
Agent-Based Modelling of Ecosystems for Sustainable Resource Management	383	(21)
J. Doran
Cooperating Physical Robots: A Lesson in Playing Robotic Soccer	404	(11)
B. Nebel
A Multi-agent Study of Interethnic Cooperation	415	(22)
V. Kvasnicka
J. Pospichal
Author Index	437