Multi-agent system (MAS) is an expanding field in science and engineering. It merges classical fields like game theory with modern ones like machine learning and computer science. This book provides a succinct introduction to the subject, covering the theoretical fundamentals as well as the latter developments in a coherent and clear manner. The book is centred on practical applications rather than introductory topics. Although it occasionally makes reference to the concepts involved, it will do so primarily to clarify real-world applications. The inner chapters cover a wide spectrum of issues related to MAS uses, which include collision avoidance, automotive applications, evacuation simulation, emergence analyses, cooperative control, context awareness, data (image) mining, resilience enhancement and the management of a single-user multi-robot.
Earlier surveys include Cassady[1967],Wilson [1987a], and McAfee and MacMillan[1987]. These texts cover most of the canonical single-good and multi-unit auction types we discuss in the chapter. (One exception is the elimination auction, ...
This unique collection of contributions, written by leading international researchers in the agent community, provides valuable insight into the issues of deciding which technique to apply and when it is appropriate to use them.
The next step was to introduce 'true' parallelism into the architecture, by allowing multiple blackboard systems to communicate by message passing: Lesser and Erman did this in the late 1970s, still working within the Hearsay problem ...
This is the first textbook to be explicitly designed for use as a course text for an undergraduate/graduate course on multi-agent systems. Assuming only a basic understanding of computer science,...
Broersen, Jan M., Stephen Cranefield, Yehia Elrakaiby, Dov M. Gabbay, Davide Grossi, Emiliano Lorini, Xavier Parent, Leendert W. N. van der Torre, Luca Tummolini, Paolo Turrini, and François Schwarzentruber. 2013.
IEEE Trans Contr Syst Technol 15(4):672–679 Chen J, Cao X, Cheng P, Xiao Y, Sun Y (2010) Distributed collaborative control for industrial automation with wireless sensor and actuator networks. IEEE Trans Ind Electron 57(12):4219–4230 ...
In this book, Jacques Ferber has brought together all the recent developments in the field of multi-agent systems - an area that has seen increasing interest and major developments over...
This comprehensive resource reviews two decades of research in the intersection of MAS, simulation, and different application domains.
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.
This comprehensive resource reviews two decades of research in the intersection of MAS, simulation, and different application domains.