Architectural design of multi-agent systems technologies and techniques /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Lin, Hong, 1965-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
• Subjects: Intelligent agents (Computer software); Electronic data processing > Distributed processing.; Computer architecture.; Agent-based distributed network management; Agent-based electronic health record system; Agent-based grid computing; Agent-oriented conceptualization and implementation; Case-based recommender systems; Coalition formation among agents; Component agent systems; Concurrent programming with multi-agents; Conversational recommendation agents; Designing a foundation for mobile agents; Development of agent-based systems; Dynamic scheduling of multi-agent; Fuzzy logic; Intelligent agents design; Macroscopic modeling; MAITS: a multiagent based IT security approach; Multi-agent reinforcement learning; Optimal supply chain management; Peer-to-peer networks; Riskman: a multi-agent system for risk management; Robust intelligent control of mobile robots; Scalable fault tolerant agent grooming environment (SAGE)
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"This book is a compilation of advanced research results in architecture and modeling issues of multi-agent systems. It serves as a reference for research on system models, architectural design languages, methods and reasoning, module interface design, and design issues"--Provided by publi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Towards agent-oriented conceptualization and implementation / Pratik K. Biswas
• 2. Concurrent programming with multi-agents and the chemical abstract machine / Wanli Ma, Dat Tran, Dharmendra Sharma, Hong Lin, and Mary Anderson
• 3. Coalition formation among agents in complex problems based on a combinatorial auction perspective / Hiromitsu Hattori, Tadachika Ozono, and Toramatsu Shintani
• 4. A gentle introduction to fuzzy logic and its applications to intelligent agents design / Andre de Korvin, Plamen Simeonov, and Hong Lin
• 5. Component agent systems : building a mobile agent architecture that you can reuse / Paulo Marques and Lúis Silva
• 6. Designing a foundation for mobile agents in peer-to-peer networks / Daniel Lübke and Jorge Marx Gómez
• 7. Dynamic scheduling of multi-agent in agent-based distributed network management / Luo Junzhou, Liu Bo, and Li Wei
• 8. Scalable fault tolerant agent grooming environment (SAGE) / Farooq Ahmad, Hiroki Suguri, Arshad Ali, Amna Basharat, and Amina Tarqiq
• 9. Toward agent-based grid computing / Lizhe Wang
• 10. MAITS : a multi-agent-based IT security approach / Dharmendra Sharma, Wanli Ma, Dat Tran, Shuangzhe Liu, and Mary Anderson
• 11. A methodology for modeling expert knowledge for development of agent-based systems / Michael Bowman
• 12. Three perspectives on multi-agent reinforcement learning / Yang Gao, Hao Wang, and Ruili Wang.
• 13. Modeling knowledge and reasoning in conversational recommendation agents / Maria Salamó, Barry Smyth, Kevin McCarthy, James Reilly, and Lorraine McGinty
• 14. Task allocation in case-based recommender systems : a swarm intelligence approach / Fabiana Lorenzi, Daniela Scherer dos Santos, Denise de Oliveira, and Ana L.C. Bazzan
• 15. A multi-agent system for optimal supply chain management / Hyung Rim Choi, Hyun Soo Kim, Yong Sung Park, and Byung Joo Park
• 16. Macroscopic modeling of information flow in an agent-based electronic health record system / Ben Tse and Raman Paranjape
• 17. Robust intelligent control of mobile robots / Gordon Fraser, Gerald Steinbauer, Jörg Weber, and Franz Wotawa
• 18. RiskMan : a multi-agent system for risk management / Manolya Kavakli, Nicolas Szilas, John Porte, and Iwan Kartiko.