Foundations and applications of multi-agent systems

This book presents revised full versions of papers contributed to UK Workshops on Multi-Agent Systems, UKMAS, during 1996 and 2000.
From the early days of MAS research, the UK community has been a particularly productive one with numerous key contributions. The 15 papers by internationally reputed researchers deal with various aspects of agent technology, with a certain emphasis on foundational issues in multi-agent systems.

Coordinating Intelligent Agents
Strategies for Discovering Coordination Needs in MultiAgent Systems
Agent-Mediated Interaction. From Auctions to Negotiation and Argumentation
Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence
Rights for Multi-agent Systems
Infrastructure Support for Agent-Based Development
An Anthropological Approach to the Discovery of Ontologies in Multi-agent Societies
Scalability in Multi-agent Systems: The FIPA-OS Perspective
Agents and MAS in STaMs
Semantics of Agent Communication: An Introduction
Agents with Bounded Temporal Resources
A Model of Delegation for Multi-agent Systems
Agent Specification Using Multi-context Systems
An Adaptive Choice of Messaging Protocol in Multi Agent Systems
On Partially Observable MDPs and BDI Models
Author Index