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Multi-Agent SystemsAn Introduction to Distributed Artificial IntelligenceJacques FerberQuote 1: Quote 2: Quote 3: What are multi-agent systems?How do they work?What do they do?If you are looking for the answers to these questions, read on; for Jacques Ferber's authoritative book is the first to provide a single, coherent overview of multi-agent systems.no prior knowledge required introduces and defines key concepts throughout the text provides numerous examples to illustrate core principles clear, accessible writing style transcends traditional subject area boundaries to make this complex subject understandable to allthe whole picture draws on contributions from different disciplines to present a holistic, comprehensive picture of state-of-the art agent technology. future trends describes all the latest developments in the field and encourages the reader to reflect on possibilities for the futureAbout the Author:Jacques Ferber is Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Montpellier, France and head of one of the foremost research groups in Europe investigating the applications of distributed artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems. Translated and updated from the original French, this book was winner of the 1996 French Association of Engineering and Information Systems award to the most outstanding technical book of the year.

Table of Contents:
  1. Principles of Multi-Agent Systems. In favor of a collective intelligence. From the thinking machine …. … to artificial organization. Agent and society. Some definitions. Levels of organization. Social or biological? Architecture and behavior. Languages, communications and representations. A little history. The early years. The classical age. The influence of artificial life. Modern times. Areas of application. Problem solving. Multi-agent simulation. The construction of synthetic worlds. Collective robotics. Kenetic program design. Principal aspects of kenetics. The issues of action. The individual and its relationship with the world. Interaction. Adaptation. The creation and implementation of MASs. Areas related to multi-agent systems. Artificial intelligence. Systemics. Distributed systems. Robotics. What is not covered by kenetics. 2. Interactions and Cooperation. Interaction situations. Components of interactions. Compatible and incompatible goals. Relation to resources. Capacities of agents in relation to tasks. Types of interaction. Independence. Simple collaboration. Obstruction. Coordinated collaboration. Pure individual competition. Pure collective competition. Individual conflicts over resources. Collective conflicts over resources. Level of analysis of interaction situations. Forms of cooperation. Cooperation as an intentional posture. Cooperation from the observer's point of view. Increasing survival capacity. Improving performances. Conflict resolution. Methods of cooperation. Grouping and multiplication. Communication. Specialization. Collaborating by sharing tasks and resources. Coordination of actions. Conflict resolution by arbitration and negotiation. Organizations and cooperation. The cooperation activities system. Advantages. Social constraints and emergence of structures. 3. Multi-agent Organizations. What is an organization? Organizational structures and concrete organizations. Levels of organization. How should an organization be studied? Functional analysis. The functions of an organization. Dimensions of analysis. Dimensional analysis of an organization. Grid for functional analysis of organizations. Structural analysis. Agents and tasks. Abstract relationships. Coupling modes. Subordination and decision-making structures. Ways of setting up organizational structures. Concretisation parameters. Analysis of a concrete organization. The example of explorer robots. Organizations with a fixed, hierarchical, predefined structure. Organizations with a variable, egalitarian, emergent structure. Organizations with a variable, egalitarian, predefined structure. Organizations with an evolutionary structure. Other work on organizations. Individual organizations. Table of main types of architecture. Modular horizontal architecture. Blackboard-based architecture. Subsumption architecture. Competitive tasks. Production systems. Classifier-based systems. Connectionist architectures. Architectures based on dynamic systems. Multi-agent based architectures and actors. 4. Action and Behavior. Modelling. The models... ...and how MASs benefit from them. What should be modelled? Agents and actions: deceptively elementary concepts. Modelling action. Actions as transformation of a global state. A functional representation of action. STRIPS-like operators. Planning with STRIPS-like operators. Some plan categories. Limits Of STRIPS-like planners. Limits of classic representations of action. Action as response to influence

About the Author :
About the Author: Jacques Ferber is Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Montpellier, France and head of one of the foremost research groups in Europe investigating the applications of distributed artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems.

Review :
"Jacques Ferber guides his readers responsibly and engagingly through the best of classical AI-based agent research while opening their eyes to a powerful new version of swarm-based intelligence. I know of no other book on agents...that matches its coprehensive treatment and clear, enjoyable exposition." Van Parunak Centre for Electronic Commerce "Jacques Ferber can legitimately claim to be one of the founders of the discipline that is today known as multi-agent systems. In Multi-Agent Systems, he draws on over a decade of experience as a first-rate researcher and teacher in order to set out a coherent, unified view of the field. The end result is a readable and comprehensive textbook, that will be enthusiastically received by a growing and increasingly important discipline." Mike Wooldridge, Queen Mary and Westfield College "This book is easily the most comprehensive textbook on multi-agent systems and collective intelligence that I have seen. Not only does it provide very broad and insightful perspectives on such core topics as agent interaction, coordination, communication, and self-organization; it also offers the reader a number of novel and pragmatic techniques for modeling and developing complex multitasking operational systems." (Dr.) Innes A. Ferguson, Active On-line Systems


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780201360486
  • Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 528
  • Sub Title: An introduction to distributed artificial intelligence
  • Width: 172 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0201360489
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 1999
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 884 gr


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