Intelligence integration in distributed knowledge management

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Król, Dariusz., Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh, D. Sc.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2009.
• Subjects: Expert systems (Computer science); Intelligent agents (Computer software); Electronic data processing > Distributed processing.; Advanced methods for integration; Agent society autonomy; Agent-based library management system; Codified knowledge; Color image enhancement; Computed tomography perfusion images; Control of agents behavior; Distributed multi-agent computation; Economic and market theory application; Example-based framework; Future interactive systems; Fuzzy segmentation; Fuzzy-based integration method; Grid computation; Integration aspects for agent systems; Knowledge-based resource distribution; Logic programming; Logical inference; Multi-agent environments; Ontological representation of competencies; Openness in multi-agent systems; Past Web for knowledge discovery; RFID technology; Shared control and online learning; Task propagation in distributed environments; Virtual enterprise creation; Virtual enterprise operation; Virtual environment design; Web page data extraction; XML technologies
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This book provides recent technologies and practices in intelligence for distributed systems while covering major aspects of the agent based systems. This book is a must for those striving to enhance their understanding of distributed knowledge management and extend their ideas of cooperation using...

Table of Contents:

• I. Logical inference based on incomplete and/or fuzzy ontologies / Juliusz Kulikowski
• II. Using logic programming and XML technologies for data extraction from web pages / Amelia Badica, Costin Badica, Elvira Popescu
• III. A formal analysis of virtual enterprise creation and operation / Andreas Jacobsson, Paul Davidsson
• IV. Application of uncertain variables to knowledge-based resource distribution / Donat Orski
• V. A methodology of design for virtual environments / Clive Fencott
• VI. An ontological representation of competencies as codified knowledge / Salvador Sanchez-Alonso, Dirk Frosch-Wilke
• VII. Aspects of openness in multi-agent systems / Marcos Oliveira, Martin Purvis
• VIII. How can we trust agents in multi-agent environments? Techniques and challenges / Kostas Kolomvatsos, Stathes Hadjiefthymiades
• IX. The concept of autonomy in distributed computation and multi-agent systems / Mariusz Nowostawski
• X. An agent-based library management system using RFID technology / Maryam Purvis, Toktam Ebadi, Bastin Savarimuthu
• XI. Mechanisms to restrict exploitation and improve societal performance in multi-agent systems / Sharmila Savarimuthu, Martin Purvis, Maryam Purvis, Mariusz Nowostawski
• XII. Norm emergence in multi-agent societies / Bastin Savarimuthu, Maryam Purvis, Stephen Cranefield
• XIII. Multi-agent systems engineering / Scott DeLoach, Madhukar Kumar
• XIV. Modeling, analysing, and control of agents behaviour / František Capkovic
• XV. Using fuzzy segmentation for colour image enhancement of computed tomography perfusion images / Martin Tabakov
• XVI. Fuzzy mediation in shared control and online learning / Giovanni Vincenti, Goran Trajkovski
• XVII. Utilizing past web for knowledge discovery / Adam Jatowt, Yukiko Kawai, Katsumi Tanaka
• XVIII. Example-based framework for propagation of tasks in distributed environments / Dariusz Kr©đl
• XIX. Survey on the application of economic and market theory for grid computing / Xia Xie, Jin Huang, Song Wu, Hai Jin, Melvin Koh, Jie Song, Simon See.