Authors:Takao Terano, Hajime Kita, Toshiyuki Kaneda, Kiyoshi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: based, agent, workshop, international, approaches, series, systems, social, third, post, modeling, simulation, methodologies, real, applications, world, proceedings
Number of Pages: 270
Published: 2005-08-10
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 4431265929
ISBN-13: 9784431265924
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emerging field that uses bottom-up and experimental analysis in the social sciences. Selected research from that presented at the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems 2004, held in May 2004 in Kyoto, Japan, is included in this book. The aim of the workshop was to employ the bottom-up approach to social and economic problems by modeling, simulation, and analysis using a software agent. This research area is an emerging interdisciplinary field among the social sciences and computer science, attracting
Authors:Karl Tuyls, Ann Nowe, Zahia Guessoum, Daniel Kudenko,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: multi, agent, adaptation, learning, notes, artificial, european, intelligence, iii, agents, systems, adaptive
Number of Pages: 255
Published: 2008-03-11
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 3540779477
ISBN-13: 9783540779476
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of three editions of the European Symposium on Adaptive and Learning Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, ALAMAS, held in Paris, Brussels and Maastricht in 2005, 2006, and 2007 respectively. This book presents 17 revised and carefully reviewed papers selected from 51 total submissions to the ALAMAS symposia from 2005 to 2007. This volume aims at increasing awareness and interest in adaptation and learning for single agents and multi-agent systems, and encourages collaboration between Machine Learning experts, Software Engine
Authors:Lin Padgham, Michael Winikoff,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: agent, wiley, series, guide, technology, practical, intelligent, systems, developing
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-08-16
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0470861207
ISBN-13: 9780470861202
Intelligent agent technologies are very promising. They are not widely used, however, as developing intelligent agent software requires high levels of training and skill. The authors of this book want to change this situation: They have developed and tested a methodology, notations, semantics and tools over the last 3 years. The methodology has been refined in workshops, courses and through industry usage. With this methodology (and the tool kit created by Agent Oriented Software) developers can start agent-oriented designs and implementations easily from scratch saving valuable tim
Author: Roland Zimmermann
Publisher: Birkhaeuser Basel
Keywords: agent, software, technologies, autonomic, computing, series, management, based, supply, network, event, whitestein
Number of Pages: 329
Published: 2006-02-28
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 3764374861
ISBN-13: 9783764374860
"Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM)" is one of the major topics in application-oriented Supply Chain Management. However, many solutions lack conceptual precision and currently available client-server SCEM-systems are ill-suited for complex supply networks in today’s business environment. Agent-based proactive information logistics promises to overcome existing deficits by providing event-related information to all participants in the distributed environment. Hence, follow-up costs of disruptive events are significantly reduced for all network participants and performance of a supply n
Authors:Fabio Luigi Bellifemine, Giovanni Caire, Dominic Gre
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: agent, series, technology, wiley, systems, multi, developing, jade
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-04-20
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0470057475
ISBN-13: 9780470057476
Learn how to employ JADE to build multi-agent systems! JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment framework) is a middleware for the development of applications, both in the mobile and fixed environment, based on the Peer-to-Peer intelligent autonomous agent approach. JADE enables developers to implement and deploy multi-agent systems, including agents running on wireless networks and limited-resource devices. Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE is a practical guide to using JADE. The text will give an introduction to agent technologies and the JADE Platform, before proceeding to give a c
Author: Nicoleta Neagu
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: agent, technologies, software, autonomic, computing, series, reasoning, satisfaction, techniques, based, constraint, whitestein
Number of Pages: 157
Published: 2005-03-24
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 3764372176
ISBN-13: 9783764372170
An important aspect of multi agent systems are agent reasoning techniques for problem solving, either at the level of a single agent or at the level of distributed collaboration amongst multiple agents. Constraint satisfaction problems are significant in the domain of automated reasoning for artificial intelligence. They can be applied to modeling and solving of a wide range of combinatorial applications such as planning, scheduling and resource sharing in a variety of practical domains e.g. transportation, production, supply-chains, network management, and human resource management. In this b
Author: Nancy Rainford
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Keywords: agent
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-05-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1580650422
ISBN-13: 9781580650427
Nancy Rainford takes actors, screenwriters, and Hollywood talent inside the agency business, and reveals the uncensored tricks of the trade. Learn how agents really work, how to make them work, and what to do if they don’t. Forthright and conversational, Rainford shares anecdotes and secrets as Hollywood talent finally gets their questions answered.
