Defence Applications of Multi-Agent Systems International Workshop, DAMAS 2005, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25, 2005, Revised and Invited Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thompson, Simon G. (Editor), Ghanea-Hercock, Robert (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3890
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer logic.; Artificial intelligence.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Communication Networks.; Software Engineering.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.

Defence applications are subject to some of the world’s most demanding requirements for reliability, controllability, security, flexibility, and synchronization. The evolution of defence processes towards network enabled systems and rapid deployment scenarios, is creating an urgent demand for highly...

Table of Contents:

• Discussion Paper
• Autonomous Agents and Multi –agent Systems (AAMAS) for the Military – Issues and Challenges
• I: Decision Support and Simulation
• Enhanced Maritime Situation Awareness with Negotiator Agents
• Agent-Based Parsimonious Decision Support Paradigm Employing Bayesian Belief Networks
• Distributed Decision-Making and Control for Agile Military Radio Networks
• Representing Dispositions and Emotions in Simulated Combat
• II: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Application of Action Selection, Information Gathering, and Information Evaluation Technologies to UAV Target Tracking
• A Multi-agent UAV Swarm for Automatic Target Recognition
• III: Systems and Security
• Analysis and Run-Time Verification of Dynamic Security Policies
• Cognitive Agents for Sense and Respond Logistics
• A Mobile Agent-Based Middleware for Opportunistic Resource Allocation and Communications
• Invited Paper
• Armed Services: Challenges for Military Distributed Systems.