Convergence and Knowledge Processing in Multi-Agent Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chli, Maria (Editor), Wilde, Philippe de (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing
• Subjects: Computer science.; Artificial intelligence.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

Multi-agent systems are complex systems comprised of multiple intelligent agents that act either independently or in cooperation with one another. Agent-based modelling is a method for studying complex systems like economies, societies, ecologies etc. Due to their complexity, very often mathematical...

Table of Contents:

• Research Issues
• Stability of Multi-agent Systems
• The Emergence of Knowledge Exchange: An Agent-based Model of a Software Market
• Collaborative Query Expansion
• Micro-economic Control of Distributed Intelligent Personal Assistants
• Conclusions and Future Work.