Multiagent Systems : A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence

by Gerhard Weiss (Ed.)

• ISBN13: 9780262731317
• ISBN10: 0262731312
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-31
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

This is the first comprehensive introduction to multiagent systems and contemporary distributed artificial intelligence that is suitable as a textbook. The book provides detailed coverage of basic topics as well as several closely related ones. Unlike traditional textbooks, the book brings together many leading experts, guaranteeing a broad and diverse base of knowledge and expertise. It emphasizes aspects of both theory and application, and provides many illustrations and examples. Also included are thought-provoking exercises of varying degrees of difficulty and a twenty-page glossary of terms found in the study of agents, multiagent systems, and distributed artificial intelligence. The book can be used for teaching as well as self-study, and is designed to meet the needs of both researchers and practitioners. In view of the interdisciplinary nature of the field, it will be a useful reference not only for computer scientists and engineers, but for social scientists and management and organization scientists as well. Contributors: Gul A. Agha, Kathleen M. Carley, Jose Cuena, Edmund H. Durfee, Clarence Ellis, Les Gasser, Michael P. Georgeff, Michael N. Huhns, Toru Ishida, Nadeem Jamali, Sascha Ossowski, H. Van Dyke Parunak, Anand S. Rao, Tuomas W. Sandholm, Sandip Sen, Munindar P. Singh, Larry M. Stephens, Gerard Tel, Jacques Wainer, Gerhard Weiss, Michael J. Wooldridge, Makoto Yokoo.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	xix
Preface	xxi
Prologue	1	(26)
Part I: Basic Themes
Intelligent Agents	27	(52)
Michael Wooldridge
Multiagent Systems and Societies of Agents	79	(42)
Michael N. Huhns
Larry M. Stephens
Distributed Problem Solving and Planning	121	(44)
Edmund H. Durfee
Search Algorithms for Agents	165	(36)
Makoto Yakoo
Toru Ishida
Distributed Rational Decision Making	201	(58)
Tuomas W. Sandholm
Learning in Multiagent Systems	259	(40)
Sandip Sen
Gerhard Weiss
Computational Organization Theory	299	(32)
Kathleen M. Carley
Les Gasser
Formal Methods in DAI: Logic-Based Representation and Reasoning	331	(46)
Munindar P. Singh
Anand S. Rao
Michael P. Georgeff
Industrial and Practical Applications of DAI	377	(48)
H. Van Dyke Parunak
Part II: Related Themes
Groupware and Computer Supported Cooperative Work	425	(34)
Clarence Ellis
Jacques Wainer
Distributed Models for Decision Support	459	(46)
Jose Cuena
Sascha Ossowski
Concurrent Programming for DAI	505	(34)
Gul A. Agha
Nadeem Jamali
Distributed Control Algorithms for AI	539	(44)
Gerard Tel
Glossary	583	(26)
Subject Index	609