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Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems

UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Mark d’Inverno

    1. Cavendish School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, London, UK

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  2. Michael Luck

    1. Department of Computer Science, Southampton University, Southampton, UK

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  3. Michael Fisher

    1. Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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  4. Chris Preist

    1. Hewlett-Packard laboratories Bristol, Bristol, UK

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 2403)

Part of the book sub series: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Coordinating Intelligent Agents

    • Keith Decker
    Pages 1-18

  3. Strategies for Discovering Coordination Needs in MultiAgent Systems

    • Edmund H. Durfee
    Pages 19-26

  4. Agent-Mediated Interaction. From Auctions to Negotiation and Argumentation

    • Carles Sierra, Pablo Noriega
    Pages 27-48

  5. Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence

    • Moshe Tennenholtz
    Pages 49-58

  6. Rights for Multi-agent Systems

    • Eduardo Alonso
    Pages 59-72

  7. Infrastructure Support for Agent-Based Development

    • Ronald Ashri, Michael Luck, Mark d’Inverno
    Pages 73-88

  8. An Anthropological Approach to the Discovery of Ontologies in Multi-agent Societies

    • Rafael H. Bordini, Renata Vieira, John A. Campbell
    Pages 89-109

  9. Scalability in Multi-agent Systems: The FIPA-OS Perspective

    • Phil Buckle, Tom Moore, Steve Robertshaw, Alan Treadway, Sasu Tarkoma, Stefan Poslad
    Pages 110-130

  10. Agents and MAS in STaMs

    • Jim Doran
    Pages 131-151

  11. Semantics of Agent Communication: An Introduction

    • Rogier M. van Eijk
    Pages 152-168

  12. Agents with Bounded Temporal Resources

    • Michael Fisher, Chiara Ghidini
    Pages 169-184

  13. A Model of Delegation for Multi-agent Systems

    • Timothy J. Norman, Chris Reed
    Pages 185-204

  14. Agent Specification Using Multi-context Systems

    • Simon Parsons, Nicholas R. Jennings, Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra
    Pages 205-226

  15. An Adaptive Choice of Messaging Protocol in Multi Agent Systems

    • Chris Preist, Siani Pearson
    Pages 227-242

  16. On Partially Observable MDPs and BDI Models

    • Martijn Schut, Michael Wooldridge, Simon Parsons
    Pages 243-259

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 261-261
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About this book

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 researchers deal with various aspects of agent technology, with a certain emphasis on foundational issues in multi-agent systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Cavendish School of Computer Science, University of Westminster, London, UK

    Mark d’Inverno

  • Department of Computer Science, Southampton University, Southampton, UK

    Michael Luck

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

    Michael Fisher

  • Hewlett-Packard laboratories Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Chris Preist

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foundations and Applications of Multi-Agent Systems

  • Book Subtitle: UKMAS Workshop 1996-2000, Selected Papers

  • Editors: Mark d’Inverno, Michael Luck, Michael Fisher, Chris Preist

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45634-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43962-2Published: 12 July 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-45634-6Published: 02 August 2003

  • Series ISSN: 0302-9743

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-3349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 266

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Communication Networks

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