Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: d'Inverno, Mark (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Luck, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fisher, Michael (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Preist, Christ (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2002.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; 2403
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence.; Computer communication systems.; Artificial Intelligence.; Computer Communication Networks.

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 r...

Table of Contents:

• Coordinating Intelligent Agents
• Strategies for Discovering Coordination Needs in MultiAgent Systems
• Agent-Mediated Interaction. From Auctions to Negotiation and Argumentation
• Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence
• Rights for Multi-agent Systems
• Infrastructure Support for Agent-Based Development
• An Anthropological Approach to the Discovery of Ontologies in Multi-agent Societies
• Scalability in Multi-agent Systems: The FIPA-OS Perspective
• Agents and MAS in STaMs
• Semantics of Agent Communication: An Introduction
• Agents with Bounded Temporal Resources
• A Model of Delegation for Multi-agent Systems
• Agent Specification Using Multi-context Systems
• An Adaptive Choice of Messaging Protocol in Multi Agent Systems
• On Partially Observable MDPs and BDI Models.