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- Combinatorial Auctions 213
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by Peter Cramton (Editor), Yoav Shoham (Editor), Richard Steinberg (Editor). The study of combinatorial auctions -- auctions in which bidders can bid on combinations of items or "packages" -- draws on the disciplines of economics, operations research, and computer science. This landmark collection integrates these three perspectives, offering a state-of-the art survey of developments in combinatorial auction theory and practice by leaders in the field.
- Introduction to Multiagent Systems 23
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by Michael Wooldridge. "It provides a comprehensive introduction to intelligent agents and multiagent systems. Assuming no specialist knowledge, the book introduces the idea of agents as software systems that can act autonomously, and leads the reader through a detailed discussion of the various ways that agents can be built, how agents can reach agreements, the languages that agents can use to communicate with one-another, cooperation and coordination in agent systems, and the applications of agent technology. Designed and written specifically for undergraduates and computing professionals.", 2002.You can also visit the book's homepage.
- Software Agent-Based Applications, Platforms and Development Kits 16
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by Rainer Unland (Editor), Monique Calisti (Editor), Matthias Klusch (Editor). This book introduces major agent platforms, frameworks, systems, tools, and applications. Each system is described by their developers in sufficient detail so that the reader can get a good understanding of the architecture, functionality, and application areas of the system. All systems are running systems. One main focus of the book lies on agent platforms and toolkits. They form the basis for the development of agent-based systems, thus, are a convenient starting point for everybody who wants to apply agent technology. Another focus lies on agent-based applications. These systems prove that agent technology is mature enough to permit the development of sophisticated applications, like electronic marketplaces, environments for computer-supported cooperative work, or transportation systems.
- Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence 14
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A comprehensive introduction to some of the main topics and approaches in MASs. Each chapter was written by a different author, edited by Gerhard Weiss. I wrote a published reviewof this book. Right now, I think its the best introductory text to multiagent systems.
- Agent-oriented Methodologies 12
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rian Henderson-Sellers and Paolo Giorgini Editors, 2005. This book presents, analyzes and compares themost significant methodological approaches currently available for thecreation of agent-oriented software systems. The chapters of this bookeach address the details of one specific agent-oriented methodology,written by the original methodology creators. They highlight themethodology details and also the strengths and motivation. Eachchapter also notes any purposeful omissions and weaknesses and eachends with a small case study to exemplify the application of themethodological approach.
- Developing Intelligent Agent Systems 12
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Developing Intelligent Agent Systems not only answers the questions "what are agents?" and "why are they useful?" but also the crucial question: "how do I design and build intelligent agent systems?" The book covers everything a practitioner needs to know to begin to effectively use this technology - including an introduction to the notion of agents, a description of the concepts involved, and a software engineering methodology. Written by Lin Padgham and Michael Winikoff, 2004. See also the publisher's page.
- Multi-Agent Systems : An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence 9
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This is an introductory textbook to multiagent systems written by Jacques Ferber, 1999. In it "the author draws on work carried out in various disciplines, including information technology, sociology and cognitive psychology, to provide a coherent and instructive picture of the current state-of-the-art.". It has chapters on principles, interactions and cooperation, organizations, action and behavior, states of artificial minds, communications, collaboration and distribution of tasks, coordination of actions.
- The Computational Beauty of Nature 8
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Somewhat realted to MASs. Deals with complex systems in nature.
- Multi-Agent Programming : Languages, Platforms and Applications 7
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Edited by Rafael H. Bordini, Mehdi Dastani, Jurgen Dix, and Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni. The book is a reference for anyone interested in the most up-to-date developments in MAS programming. While previous research has focused on the development of formal and informal approaches to analyze and specify Multi-Agent Systems, this book focuses on the development of programming languages and tools which not only support MAS programming, but also implement key concepts of MAS in a unified framework. Part I describes approaches that rely on computational logic or process algebra--Jason, 3APL, IMPACT, and CLAIM/SyMPA. Part II presents languages and platforms that extend or are based on Java--JADE, Jadex and JACKTM. Part III provides two significant industry specific applications - The DEFACTO System for coordinating human-agent teams for disaster response, and the ARTIMIS rational dialogue agent technology. 2005.
- Ant Colony Optimization 7
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book by Marco Dorigo and Thomas Stutzle, 2004. MIT Press. The book first describes the translation of observed ant behavior into working optimization algorithms. The ant colony metaheuristic is then introduced and viewed in the general context of combinatorial optimization. This is followed by a detailed description and guide to all major ACO algorithms and a report on current theoretical findings. The book surveys ACO applications now in use, including routing, assignment, scheduling, subset, machine learning, and bioinformatics problems.
- Developing Intelligent Agents for Distributed Systems : Exploring Architecture, Technologies, and Applications 7
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Published in 1997 "This book clearly explains the programming of agents for improving user interfaces, for improving the performance and usability of LANS and WANS, for managing mail, and even for assisting in the development of other software! In addition, the book provides a rundown on the applicable standards, such as CORBA and OLE, essential background on the technologies that make agents possible, including artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, and object technology."I have not read it, but it sounds useful.
- Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams 7
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An excellent book. It explores decentralized systems---how we perceive them, and how to teach kids (and not-so-young kids) about them. Describes StarLogo. Written by Mitchel Resnick. 1994.
- Agent-Based Software Development 7
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by M. Luck, R. Ashri, and M. d'Inverno. 2004. This new book offers a thorough and comprehensive explanation of the methods, tools, standards and techniques used to develop software using the agent-oriented approach. It covers architectures, toolkits, methodologies, standards, and related technologies. Also, check out the book's website.
- Multiagent Systems 7
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A Theoretical Framework for Intentions, Know-How, and Communication, by Munindar P. Singh
- Readings in Agents 6
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A collection of papers, most of them about MASs. Also includes a good introduction to the field.
- The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing 6
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edited by Munindar Singh, 2004. This handbook collects definitive knowledge about all major aspects ofInternet computing in one place. The topics covered range fromimportant components of current practice to key concepts to majortrends, making the handbook an ideal comprehensive reference.The intended readers are people who need to obtain in-depth,authoritative introductions to the major Internet computing topics.
- Reasoning About Rational Agents (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents) 6
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by Mike Wooldridge, 2000 (see also the MIT Press page). "The book begins by introducing the BDI model in detail then introducing a series of progressively more refined BDI agent designs,discussing the extent to which these designs capture our intuitionsabout rational behaviour. The book then introduces a BDI logic called LORA (which stands for Logic of Rational Agents). LORA makes it possible to represent the beliefs, desires, and intentions of agents, and how these agents and their environments change over time. After an informal, tutorial-style introduction to LORA, the book shows how the logic can be used to capture many components of a theory of rationa agency, including such notions as communication and cooperation. The book concludes with a discussion on the role of logic in agent theory".
- Multiagent Systems for Manufacturing Control 6
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book by Stefan Bussmann, Nicolas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge, 2004. This book presents a novel approach to the design of manufacturing control systems, based around the idea of agents, semi-autonomous decision makers that cooperate to process goods and meet orders. This new methodology is DACS-- Designing Agent-based Control Systems. Developed at DaimlerChrysler's research labs in Berlin, DACS is the first methodology specifically produced for the design of agent-based control systems. See also the publisher's page.
- Swarm Intelligence 6
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From Natural to Artificial Systems (Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity). by Bonabeau E., M. Dorigo, and G. Theraulaz, 1999. A summaryis availabe at Santa Fe.
- Agent Technology 6
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Foundations, Applications and Markets.
- Software Agents 5
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A collection of papers. The last handfull of chapters deal with MASs. They address very important issues dealing with softare agents on the Internet.
- Secure Internet Programming 5
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Security Issues for Distributed and Mobile Objects. A collection of papers on security issues for Internet programming. Edited by Vitek and Jensen. July 1999.
- Cambrian Intelligence : The Early History of the New AI 5
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by Rodney Brooks. The book presents all the key philosophical and technical ideas to his bottom-up approach to AI and robotics.
- Computational Theories of Interaction and Agency 5
- Agent-Oriented Information Systems 5
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the5th International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented InformationSystems, held in Melbourne, Australia in July 2003 at AAMAS 2003 andin Chicago, IL, USA in October 2003 at ER 2003.
- Rules of Encounter 5
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Designing Conventions for Automated Negotiation Among Computers by Jeffrey S. Rosenschein, Gilad Zlotkin. This book uses game theory to analyze the development of protocols for resource allocation by selfish agents. It introduces the task-oriented, state-oriented, and worth-oriented domains. A classic text in multiagent systems. Published in 1994.
- Emergence : The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software 5
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"This book is about the mystery of why the whole is sometimes smarter than the sum of its parts. Emergence is what happens when an interconnected system of relatively simple elements self-organizes to form more intelligent, more adaptive higher-level behavior."Written by Steven Johnson. Published in September 2001.
- Iterative Software Engineering for Multiagent Systems 5
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This book covers the MASSIVE method. Written by Jurgen Lind. Published in 2001. More information can be found at the agentlab.
- Understanding Agent Systems 5
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This book presents a formal approach to dealing with agents and agent systems using the Z specification language to establish an accessible and unified formal account of agent systems and inter-agent relationships. The approach provides precise and unambiguous meanings for common concepts and terms for agent systems, allows for the description of alternative agent models and architectures, and serves as a foundation for subsequent development of increasingly refined agent concepts. Edited by Mark D'Inverno and Michael Luck. Published in 2001.
- Multi-Agent Systems for Concurrent Intelligent Design and Manufacturing 5
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"The 17 Chapters of this book deal with relevant topics ranging from the basic principles of multi-agent systems through to the design of MAS-based applications in concurrent design and manufacturing. Representative case studies are included."by Weiming, Dr Shen, D. H. Norrie, Jean-Paul Barthes, 2000.
- Intelligent Information Agents VI 5
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Based on the sixth nternational workshop on Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages, ATAL'99, held in Orlando, Florida, USA in July 1999.
- Growing Artificial Societies : Social Science from the Bottom Up 5
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In this book, published in 1996, Joshua Epstien and Robert Axtell detail their experiences with their social simulator program: Sugarscape. Based on a metaphor of "ants" on a two-dimensional grid that can move, use simple communications, and reproduce, the authors show the emergence of patterns which are reminiscent of combat, trade, pollution, migration, etc. See also the Sugarscape homepage.
- Complexity of Cooperation 5
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A collection of papers by Robert Axelrod.
- Intelligent Information Agents 5
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Agent-Based Information Discovery and Management on the Internet. This book provides a survey of current information agents. Edited by M. Klusch.
- Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence 4
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This book provides a "comprehensive and unified treatment of a subfield of artificial intelligence that is concerned with distributing and coordinating knowledge and actions in multiple agent environments."Edited by G.M.P. O'Hare and N.R. Jennings. Published in 1996.
- Trust and Deception in Virtual Societies 4
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Edited by Cristiano Castelfranchi and Yao-Hua Tan, this book provides analyses by various researchers of the different types of trust that are needed for various tasks, such as facilitating on-line collaboration, building virtual communities and network organizations, and even the design of effective and user-friendly human–computer interfaces. The book has a multi-disciplinarycharacter providing theoretical models of trust and deception, empirical studies, and practical solutions for creating trust in electronic commerce and multi-agent systems. 2001.
- Strategic Negotiation in Multiagent Environments 4
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A book by Sarit Kraus. She is concerned here with the cooperation and coordination of intelligent agents that are self-interested and usually owned by different individuals or organizations. Conflicts frequently arise, and negotiation is one of the main mechanisms for reaching agreement. Kraus presents a strategic-negotiation model that enables autonomous agents to reach mutually beneficial agreements efficiently in complex environments. The model, which integrates game theory, economic techniques, and heuristic methods of artificial intelligence, can be automated in computer systems or applied to human situations. More info at the MIT Press site. Published in 2001.
- Service-Oriented Computing : Semantics, Processes, Agents 4
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by Munindar P. Singh and Michael N. Huhns, 2005. This comprehensive textbook explains the principles and practice ofservice-oriented computing with an emphasis on Web services and theirconstruction, deployment, and usage. The book presents the concepts,architectures, theories, techniques, standards, and infrastructurenecessary for employing services. It includes a solid overview of thestate-of-the-art in Web services and associated disciplines, relatingconcepts to practical examples and emerging standards. Applicationsof services are explained within the context of planning, negotiation,contracts, compliance, and policies. Covers the basic standards and protocols (XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI) and contains strong sections on the Web ontology language (OWL) and business process languages (BPEL4WS and ebXML)
- Foundations of Rational Agency 4
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This book covers the philosophical foundations of rational agency, logical and decision-theoretic approaches to rational agency, multi-agent aspects of rational agency (including speech acts, joint plans, and cooperation protocols), and, finally, describes a number of approaches to programming rational agents.1999, Edited by Wooldridge and Rao.
- Complexity: Metaphors, Models, and Reality 4
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A Santa Fe book on complex systems.
- Agent Sourcebook 4
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A complete guide to desktop, Internet and Intranet Agents
- Developing Intelligent Agents for Distributed Systems 3
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Published in 1997, "this practical and comprehensive guide explains what intelligent agents (IAs) are, how systems of agents can collaborate to solve difficult problems, the kinds of commercially-available technologies that can be used to build them, and how they can make today's and tomorrow's computer and communications systems easier to manage and use.".
- Layered Learning in Multiagent Systems 3
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A Winning Approach to Robotic Soccerby Peter Stone. This book looks at multiagent systems that consist of teams of autonomous agents acting in real-time, noisy, collaborative, and adversarial environments. The book makes four main contributions to the fields of machine learning and multiagent systems. More information is available at MIT press.
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