Multiagent Systems

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Gerhard Weiss (Professor, Chair of Department of Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University) Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford)

Multiagent Systems

Gerhard Weiss (Professor, Chair of Department of Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University), Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford), Virginia Dignum (Delft University of Technology) , Julian Padget (University of Bath)

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MIT Press
28 October 2016

Robotics; Parallel processing; Artificial intelligence; Machine learning

Series: Multiagent Systems

The new edition of an introduction to multiagent systems that captures the state of the art in both theory and practice, suitable as textbook or reference.

Multiagent systems are made up of multiple interacting intelligent agents-computational entities to some degree autonomous and able to cooperate, compete, communicate, act flexibly, and exercise control over their behavior within the frame of their objectives. They are the enabling technology for a wide range of advanced applications relying on distributed and parallel processing of data, information, and knowledge relevant in domains ranging from industrial manufacturing to e-commerce to health care. This book offers a state-of-the-art introduction to multiagent systems, covering the field in both breadth and depth, and treating both theory and practice. It is suitable for classroom use or independent study.

This second edition has been completely revised, capturing the tremendous developments in multiagent systems since the first edition appeared in 1999. Sixteen of the book's seventeen chapters were written for this edition; all chapters are by leaders in the field, with each author contributing to the broad base of knowledge and experience on which the book rests.

The book covers basic concepts of computational agency from the perspective of both individual agents and agent organizations; communication among agents; coordination among agents; distributed cognition; development and engineering of multiagent systems; and background knowledge in logics and game theory. Each chapter includes references, many illustrations and examples, and exercises of varying degrees of difficulty. The chapters and the overall book are designed to be self-contained and understandable without additional material. Supplemental resources are available on the book's Web site.

Contributors Rafael Bordini, Felix Brandt, Amit Chopra, Vincent Conitzer, Virginia Dignum, J rgen Dix, Ed Durfee, Edith Elkind, Ulle Endriss, Alessandro Farinelli, Shaheen Fatima, Michael Fisher, Nicholas R. Jennings, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Evangelos Markakis, Lin Padgham, Julian Padget, Iyad Rahwan, Talal Rahwan, Alex Rogers, Jordi Sabater-Mir, Yoav Shoham, Munindar P. Singh, Kagan Tumer, Karl Tuyls, Wiebe van der Hoek, Laurent Vercouter, Meritxell Vinyals, Michael Winikoff, Michael Wooldridge, Shlomo Zilberstein

Contributions by: Michael Wooldridge (University of Oxford), Virginia Dignum (Delft University of Technology), Julian Padget (University of Bath), Amit K. Chopra
Edited by: Gerhard Weiss (Professor Chair of Department of Knowledge Engineering Maastricht University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: second edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 1.565kg
ISBN: 9780262533874
ISBN 10: 0262533871
Series: Multiagent Systems
Pages: 920
Publication Date: 28 October 2016
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerhard Weiss is Professor and Chair of the Department of Knowledge Engineering at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Yoav Shoham is Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Rafael H. Bordini is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at Pontificia Universidade Cat lica de Rio Grande do Sui (Brazil). J rgen Dix is Associate Professor of Computer Science at The University of Manchester, England. J rgen Dix is Associate Professor of Computer Science at The University of Manchester, England.