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M. J. Wooldridge. An
Introduction to Multi-Agent Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
- Additional articles in the curriculum
may be added during the course
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Recommended
Reading (not in curriculum)
The following
articles are recommended to obtain a deeper understanding of the
subject. We have provided links to the articles wherever possible.
Introduction,
Overview and Terminology
- B. Moulin, B. Chaib-draa.
An Overview of Distributed Artificial Intelligence. In: G. M. P.
O'Hare, N. R. Jennings
(eds). Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence, John Wiley
& Sons, 1996, pp. 3-56.
- S. Franklin and A. Graesser. Is it an
Agent, or just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents.
Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Agent Theories,
Architectures and Languages, Springer-Verlag, 1996, pp. 21-35.
Negotiation
- J. Rosenschein and G. Zlotskin, Rules of
Encounter, MIT Press, 1994, ISBN 9 780262 181594. (Chapters 1, 2 and 3).
- R. Davis and R. G. Smith, Negotiation as a
Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving, (A. H. Bond and L. Gasser
eds.) Readings in Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers, 1988, p. 333-356.
- H. J. Muller. Negotiation Principles. In: G. M.
P. O'Hare, N. R. Jennings (eds). Foundations of Distributed Artificial
Intelligence, John Wiley & Sons, 1996, pp. 211-230.
Coordination
- E. H. Durfee, Distributed Problem Solving and
Planning, in Multiagent Systems (G. Weiß ed.), MIT Press, Cambridge,
MA., 1999, pp. 121-164.
- H. Nwana, L. Lee, N. R. Jennings. Coordination
in Software Agent Systems. The British Telecom Technical Journal,
Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 79-88.
- K. S. Decker. Distributed Artificial
Intelligence Testbeds. In: G. M. P. O'Hare, N. R. Jennings (eds).
Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence, John Wiley &
Sons, 1996, pp. 119-138.
Teamwork
- Cohen, P. R.
and Levesque, H. J., Teamwork,
Nous, 25, 1991.
- Tambe,
M.,Towards Flexible Teamwork, Journal of Artificial Intelligence
Research, Volume 7, 1997, pp. 83-124.
- G. Tidhar and
A. Rao and E. Sonenberg, Guided Team Selection, In Proceedings of the
2nd International Conference on Multi-agent Systems (ICMAS-96). Kyoto,
Japan, 1996.
Agent
Communication
- P. O`Brien, R.
Nicol. FIPA - Towards a Standard for Software Agents. BT Technology
Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 51-59, 1998.
- Y. Labrou, T.
Finin and Y. Peng, Agent Communication Languages: The Curent Landscape ,
IEEE Intelligent Systems, 1094-7167, 1999.
- Mobile Agents
- D. M. Chess,
C. G. Harrison, A. Kershenbaum. Mobile Agents: Are they a good idea?
Research Report, IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center,
1995, 21 p.
- White, J. E.,
Mobile Agents, in Bradshaw, J. (ed.), Software Agents, MIT Press,
Cambridge, MA, 1997, p. 437-472.
Agents Overview
- M. J.
Wooldridge, N. R. Jennings. Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice.
Knowledge Engineering Review, 1995, 62 p.
Agent Theory
- Anand S. Rao,
Michael P. Georgeff, Modeling Rational Agents within a BDI-Architecture,
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Principles of
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR'91), 1991.
Agent-Oriented
Software Engineering
- M. Wooldridge,
N. R. Jennings, and D. Kinny.The Gaia
Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design. In Journal of
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 3(3):285-312. 2000.
- E. Kendall et
al. The Layered Agent Pattern Language. Proceedings of the Conference on
Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP'97), 1997. B. Bauer, J. P. Muller,
and J. Odell. Agent
UML: A Formalism for Specifying Multiagent Interaction. In
Ciancarini and Wooldridge (Eds.) Proceedings of Agent-oriented Software
Engineering, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2001, pp. 91-103.
- M. J.
Wooldridge, N. R. Jennings. Software Engineering with Agents: Pitfalls
and Pratfalls. IEEE Internet Computing, May/June, pp. 20-27, 1999.
- A. Tveit. A
Survey of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering. NTNU CSGSC, 2001.
Agent-Mediated
Electronic Commerce
- R. H. Guttman,
A. G. Moukas, P. Maes. Agent-mediated Electronic Commerce: A Survey. 10
p.
- R. H. Guttman,
P. Maes. Cooperative vs. Competitive Multi-Agent Negotiation in Retail
Electronic Commerce. Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on
Cooperative Information Agents (CIA'98), Paris, France, July 3-8, 1998,
9 p.
- J. Collins, S.
Jamison, B. Mobasher, M. Gini. A Market Architecture for Multi-Agent
Contracting. Technical Report 97-15, University of Minnesota, May 1997,
12 p.
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