An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Wooldridge, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0470519460 ISBN 13: 9780470519462

Casa editrice: Wiley, 2009

Riassunto

The eagerly anticipated updated resource on one of the most important areas of research and development: multi-agent systems

Multi-agent systems allow many intelligent agents to interact with each other, and this field of study has advanced at a rapid pace since the publication of the first edition of this book, which was nearly a decade ago. With this exciting new edition, the coverage of multi-agents is completely updated to include several areas that have come to prominence in the last several years, including auctions, computational social choice, and markov decision processes. In turn, a variety of topics that were initially considered critical have dwindled in importance, so the coverage of that subject matter is decreased with this new edition. The result of this redefined balance of coverage is a timely and essential resource on a popular topic.

Introduces you to the concept of agents and multi-agent systems and the main applications for which they are appropriate

Discusses the main issues surrounding the design of intelligent agents and a multi-agent society

Delves into a number of typical applications for agent technology

Addresses deductive reasoning agents, practical reasoning agents, reactive and hybrid agents, and more

Reviews multi-agent decision making, communication and cooperation, and intelligent autonomous agents

By the end of the book, you will have a firm grasp on how agents are distinct from other software paradigms and understand the characteristics of applications that lend themselves to agent-oriented software.

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Recensione:

Nevertheless, despite these minor issues, this book ishighly recommended to all socio–economic agent–based modellers,beginners or otherwise. Wooldridge s scope, rigor, andwell–respected experience at the current coalface meansthere s plenty in here of interest for old–timers, whilebeginners can skip some of the maths and more bleeding–edge theoryand concentrate easily on the implementation without loosingmuch.   (Appl. Spatial Analysis, 2011)

 

L'autore:

Michael Wooldridge is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, UK. He obtained his PhD in 1992 for work in the theory of multiagent systems and has, since then, been active in multiagent systems research.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Wiley
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0470519460
• ISBN 13: 9780470519462
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 484