Defence Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pěchouček, Michal (Editor), Thompson, Simon G. (Editor), Voos, Holger (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2008.
• Series: Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies and Autonomic Computing
• Subjects: Computer science.; Political science.; Special purpose computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Application software.; Computers and civilization.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Political Science.; Computers and Society.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Defense and security related applications are increasingly being tackled by researchers and practioners using technologies developed in the field of Intelligent Agent research. This book is a collection of recent refereed papers drawn from workshops and other colloquia held in various venues around...

Table of Contents:

• Nexus: Self-organising Agent-based Peer-to-Peer Middleware for Battlespace Support
• Information-Based Control of Decentralised Sensor Networks
• Managing Intelligence Resources Using Semantic Matchmaking and Argumentation
• Agent Applications in Defense Logistics
• AGENTFLY: Towards Multi-Agent Technology in Free Flight Air Traffic Control
• Controlling Teams of Uninhabited Air Vehicles
• Simulating Fighter Pilots
• MAS Combat Simulation
• Using Multi-Agent Teams to Improve the Training of Incident Commanders.