Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems: UKMAS Workshops 1996–2000 Selected Papers

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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.

Author(s): Keith Decker (auth.), Mark d’Inverno, Michael Luck, Michael Fisher, Chris Preist (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2403 : Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2002

Language: English
Pages: 266
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Communication Networks

Coordinating Intelligent Agents....Pages 1-18
Strategies for Discovering Coordination Needs in MultiAgent Systems....Pages 19-26
Agent-Mediated Interaction. From Auctions to Negotiation and Argumentation....Pages 27-48
Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence....Pages 49-58
Rights for Multi-agent Systems....Pages 59-72
Infrastructure Support for Agent-Based Development....Pages 73-88
An Anthropological Approach to the Discovery of Ontologies in Multi-agent Societies....Pages 89-109
Scalability in Multi-agent Systems: The FIPA-OS Perspective....Pages 110-130
Agents and MAS in STaMs....Pages 131-151
Semantics of Agent Communication: An Introduction....Pages 152-168
Agents with Bounded Temporal Resources....Pages 169-184
A Model of Delegation for Multi-agent Systems....Pages 185-204
Agent Specification Using Multi-context Systems....Pages 205-226
An Adaptive Choice of Messaging Protocol in Multi Agent Systems....Pages 227-242
On Partially Observable MDPs and BDI Models....Pages 243-259