Issues in Multi-Agent Systems

Antonio Moreno

ISBN 10: 3764385421 / ISBN 13: 9783764385422

Editore: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Nov 2007, 2007

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The agent paradigm has been a subject of research for the last years, and the purpose of this book is to present current status of this technology by looking at its application in different domains, such as electronic markets, e-tourism, ambience intelligence, and complex system analysis.It starts by discussing software engineering issues for the development of multi-agent systems, how much it costs to build a multi-agent system, and which methods and tools are currently available. Next chapters present some of the most relevant aspects that are considered for the development of multi-agent systems: ubiquitous computing, learning and planning, trust and security, electronic institutions and swarm intelligence. Last chapters focus on concrete applications of physical agents and e-tourism applications, to illustrate how to integrate the previously discussed aspects. The book is written by researchers with experience in technology transfer, and therefore it is oriented to practice. 229 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Issues in Multi-Agent Systems
• Editore: Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Nov 2007
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3764385421
• ISBN 13: 9783764385422
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 244 L x 170 A x 13 P (millimetri) 244 millimetri di larghezza per 170 millimetri di altezza per 13 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 474 grammi

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Riassunto

Discover the latest developments and issues in multi-agent systems by exploring their applications in various domains such as electronic markets, e-tourism, ambience intelligence, and complex system analysis. The book is written by two researchers with hands-on experience in technology transfer. With their practical focus, they help you see how agent technology can be applied in many new services and environments.

Contenuti

1. Agent Oriented Software Engineering.- Introduction.- Evaluation of agent methodologies.- The relevance of modeling in AOSE.- Testing, validation and verification of MAS software.- Current research in Multiagent Systems Product Lines.- Using AOSE for engineering holonic manufacturing systems.- A multi-agent system to manage knolwedge sources in software maintenance environments.- Conclusions.- 2. Ubiquitous computing, mobile environments.- Introduction.- Technology for Ambient Intelligence.- Context definition.- Ontology definition of context-based appliactions based on agents.- Social networks.- Mobility.- 3. Cognitive abilities in agents.- Introduction.- Planning as problem solving.- Memory and BDI.- Decision making.- Learning.- Conclusions.- 4. Trust and security.- Introduction.- Modeling reputation in MAS.- Organisational structures to improve trust and reputation.- Intelligent agents which manage reputation and trust.- Application of fuzzy contextual corrective filtering.- From models to testbeds: the ART testbed initiative.- Securing agents in practice.- Secure intelligent agents in smart offices.- Conclusions.- 5. Physical agents.- Introduction.- What are physical agents?- Deliberating while the physical world changes.- Applications.- Conclusions.- 6. Artificial social intelligence in MAS: from swarms to electronic institutions.- Artificial Social Intelligence.- Swarm intelligence.- Swarm intelligence applications: bar systems.- Swarm intelligence applications: a quality of service routing approach for DiffServ networks using ant colony optimization.- Electronic institutions.- Electronic institutions application: the fish market.- Electronic institutions application: the electricity market.- New trends in electronic institutions: dealing with openness, dynamicity and autonomy.- Conclusions.- 7.Agent applications in Tourism.- Introduction.- Turist@: agent-based proactive and personalised recommendation of cultural activities.- TourAgent.- A CBR-planning based Tourism application.- A hierarchical approach to service discovery in touristic smart spaces.- Dynamic location tracking for Tourism applications.- Summary and conclusions.