Multiagent Systems, second editionGerhard Weiss MIT Press, 28 okt 2016 - 920 pagina's The new edition of an introduction to multiagent systems that captures the state of the art in both theory and practice, suitable as textbook or reference. Multiagent systems are made up of multiple interacting intelligent agents—computational entities to some degree autonomous and able to cooperate, compete, communicate, act flexibly, and exercise control over their behavior within the frame of their objectives. They are the enabling technology for a wide range of advanced applications relying on distributed and parallel processing of data, information, and knowledge relevant in domains ranging from industrial manufacturing to e-commerce to health care. This book offers a state-of-the-art introduction to multiagent systems, covering the field in both breadth and depth, and treating both theory and practice. It is suitable for classroom use or independent study. This second edition has been completely revised, capturing the tremendous developments in multiagent systems since the first edition appeared in 1999. Sixteen of the book's seventeen chapters were written for this edition; all chapters are by leaders in the field, with each author contributing to the broad base of knowledge and experience on which the book rests. The book covers basic concepts of computational agency from the perspective of both individual agents and agent organizations; communication among agents; coordination among agents; distributed cognition; development and engineering of multiagent systems; and background knowledge in logics and game theory. Each chapter includes references, many illustrations and examples, and exercises of varying degrees of difficulty. The chapters and the overall book are designed to be self-contained and understandable without additional material. Supplemental resources are available on the book's Web site. Contributors |
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Intelligent Agents | 3 |
An excerpt of the organization ontology | 42 |
143 | 50 |
Multiagent Organizations | 51 |
7 | 73 |
10 | 79 |
14 | 85 |
Agent Communication | 101 |
Trust and Reputation in Multiagent Systems | 381 |
Exercises | 414 |
Multiagent Learning | 423 |
101 | 483 |
Multiagent Planning Control and Execution | 485 |
5 | 506 |
Correlated Joint Controllers | 519 |
Optimizing FixedSize Controllers Using | 526 |
Agent Communication | 102 |
1 | 104 |
Sequence Diagrams | 111 |
5 | 117 |
5 | 120 |
7 | 125 |
Negotiation and Bargaining | 143 |
2 | 163 |
References | 171 |
Argumentation among Agents | 177 |
Computational Social Choice | 213 |
Computational Coalition Formation | 250 |
Mechanism Design and Auctions | 285 |
Computational Coalition Formation | 329 |
4 | 343 |
1 | 353 |
7 | 532 |
References | 539 |
Distributed Constraint Handling and Optimization | 547 |
Programming Multiagent Systems | 587 |
Specification and Verification of Multiagent Systems | 641 |
AgentOriented Software Engineering | 695 |
Logics for Multiagent Systems | 761 |
800 | |
GameTheoretic Foundations of Multiagent Systems | 811 |
ExtensiveForm Games | 828 |
4 | 835 |
5 | 841 |
849 | |
856 | |