Theoretical and practice frameworks for agent-based systems

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Zhang, Yu, 1974-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
• Subjects: Multiagent systems.; Intelligent agents (Computer software); Agent languages; Conceptual agent frameworks; Developmental and cognitive agents; Emergent behavior in agents and agent societies; Ethical and legal issues pertaining to agents; Inter-agent interaction; Knowledge management and ontologies; Multi-agent systems; Robot teams; Software and pervasive agents
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"This book tackles these real problems and issues pertaining to agent-based systems, bringing the theoretical research of intelligent agents to researchers and practitioners in academia, government, and innumerable industries"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Design of multi agent system for resource allocation and monitoring / Manish Arora, M. Syamala Devi
• 2. The effects of different interaction protocols in agent-based simulation of social activities / Nicole Ronald, Theo Arentze, Harry Timmermans
• 3. A collaborative framework for multiagent systems / Moamin Ahmed, Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad, Mohd Zaliman M. Yusoff
• 4. Initial formulation of an optimization method based on stigmergic construction / Aditya C. Velivelli, Kenneth M. Bryden
• 5. Meta-monitoring using an adaptive agent-based system to support dependent people in place / Nicolas Singer, Sylvie Trouilhet, Ali Rammal
• 6. Simulating tolerance in dynamic social networks / Kristen Lund, Yu Zhang
• 7. Modeling virtual footprints / Rajiv Kadaba ... [et al.]
• 8. History sensitive cascade model / Yu Zhang, Maksim Tsikhanovich, Georgi Smilyanov
• 9. Norms of Behaviour and their identification and verification in open multi-agent societies / Wagdi Alrawagfeh, Edward Brown, Manrique Mata-Montero
• 10. Enhanced reputation model with forgiveness for e-business agents / Radu Burete ... [et al.]
• 11. Multi-agent negotiation paradigm for agent selection in B2C e-commerce / Bireshwar Dass Mazumdar, Swati Basak, Neelam Modanwal
• 12. The performance of grey system agent and ANN agent in predicting closing prices for online auctions / Deborah Lim, Patricia Anthony, Chong Mun Ho
• 13. Price rigidity and strategic uncertainty: an agent-based approach / Robert Somogyi, János Vincze
• 14. A spatial agent-based model of malaria: model verification and effects of spatial heterogeneity / S. M. Niaz Arifin, Gregory J. Davis, Ying Zhou
• 15. Assessing the impact of temperature change on the effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets / Gregory J. Davis
• 16. A framework for modeling genetically-aware mosquito vectors for sterile insect technique / James E. Gentile, Samuel S. C. Rund
• 17. Quasi-PSO algorithm for modeling foraging dynamics in social mammals / Marco Campenní, Federico Cecconi.