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Multiagent Systems
A Modern Approach to Distributed Modern Approach to Artificial Intelligence
edited by Gerhard Weiss
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
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©1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
All rights reserved. No part of the book may be reproduced in any form by any
electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information
storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher.
This book was set in Computer Modern by Gerhard Weiss.
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Multiagent systems: a modern approach to distributed artificial intelligence / edited
by Gerhard Weiss
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-262-23203-0 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. Intelligent agents (Computer software) 2. Distributed artificial intelligence.
I. Weiss, Gerhard, 1962- .
QA76.76.I58M85 1999
006.3—dc21
98-49797
CIP
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CONTENTS IN BRIEF
Contributing Authors
Preface
Prologue
Part I: Basic Themes
1
Intelligent Agents
Michael Wooldridge
2
Multiagent Systems and Societies of Agents
Michael N. Huhns and Larry M. Stephens
3
Distributed Problem Solving and Planning
Edmund H. Durfee
4
Search Algorithms for Agents
Makoto Yokoo and Toru Ishida
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Distributed Rational Decision Making
Thomas W. Sandholm
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Learning in Multiagent Systems
Sandip Sen and Gerhard Weiss
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Computational Organization Theory
Kathleen M. Carley and Les Gasser
8
Formal Methods in DAI: Logic-Based Representation and Reasoning
Munindar P. Singh, Anand S. Rao, and Michael P. Georgeff
9
Industrial and Practical Applications of DAIH.
Van Dyke Parunak
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Part II: Related Themes
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Groupware and Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Clarence Ellis and Jacques Wainer
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Distributed Models for Decision Support
Jose Cuena and Sascha Ossowski
12
Concurrent Programming for DAI
Gul A. Agha and Nadeem Jamali
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Distributed Control Algorithms for AI
Geraint Tel
Glossary
Subject Index
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CONTENTS IN DETAIL
Contributing Authors
Preface
Purpose, Features, Readership, How to Use This Book, One Final Word,
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Multiagent Systems and Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Agents that Interact
Challenging Issues
Applications
Rationales for Multiagent Systems
A Guide to This Book
The Chapters
The Exercises
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The Glossary
A Few Pointers to Further Readings
References
Part I: Basic Themes
1
Intelligent Agents
Michael Wooldridge
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What Are Agents?
1.2.1 Examples of Agents
1.2.2 Intelligent Agents
1.2.3 Agents and Objects
1.2.4 Agents and Expert Systems
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1.3 Abstract Architectures for Intelligent Agents
1.3.1 Purely Reactive Agents
1.3.2 Perception
1.3.3 Agents with State
1.4 Concrete Architectures for Intelligent Agents
1.4.1 Logic-based Architectures
1.4.2 Reactive Architectures
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