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1 online resource (536 pages) |
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Research Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 0268-7529 |
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Research notes in artificial intelligence.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Distributed Artificial Intelligence; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Themes in Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research; Part I: Societies of Agents; Chapter 1. Cooperating Agents: A Unified Theory of Communication and Social Structure; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Problems of Cooperation; 1.3 Previous Approaches to the Communication Problem; 1.4 Information Required for Cooperation; 1.5 Two Types of Cooperation; 1.6 A Theory of Cognitive States; 1.7 Communication Theory; 1.8 Social Cooperation and Communication; 1.9 Social Roles and Structures |
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1.10 Social Structures and Social Groups1.11 The Contract Net as a Social Group; 1.12 An Example Language Game; 1.13 Further Applications to Distributed Systems; 1.14 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2. The Structure of 111-Structured Solutions: Boundary Objects and Heterogeneous Distributed Problem Solving; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction: Larger than Life and Twice as Natural; 2.2 From the Turing Test to the Durkheim Test; 2.3 Due Process, the Frame Problem, and Scientific Communities; 2.5 Heterogeneous Problem Solving and Boundary Objects; 2.6 Types of Boundary Objects |
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2.7 Summary and ConclusionsAcknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Representing and Using Organizational Knowledge in Distributed AI Systems; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Viewing Coordination Frameworks as Patterns of Settled and Unsettled Problems; 3.3 A Multiagent Problem: ICE; 3·4 Settlement and Unsettlement; 3.5 Problem Shifts and Organizational Change in ICE; 3.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. Dynamics of Computational Ecosystems: Implications for DAI; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Model of Computational Ecosystems |
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4·3 Dynamical Behavior of Computational Ecosystems4.4 Conclusion; References; Part II: Cooperation by Negotiation; Chapter 5. Communication-Free Interactions among Rational Agents: A Probabilistic Approach; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Notation; 5.3 Dominance; 5.4 Rational Moves-A Prescription for an Agent; 5.5 Axioms of Rationality-Description; 5.6 The Jointly Prescriptive Issues; 5.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Multiagent Compromise via Negotiation; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Requirements for a Negotiation Planner; 6.3 Negotiation Methods |
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6·4 Belief Modification through Persuasive Argumentation6.5 Narrowing the Parties' Differences; 6.6 Results; 6.7 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7. Conflict-resolution Strategies for Nonhierarchical Distributed Agents; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Network Management Problem; 7.3 Example; 7.4 Conflict-resolution Paradigms; 7.5 Experimental Plan; 7.6 Experience and Results; 7.7 Planning Requirements and the Structure of Agent Knowledge; 7.8 Future Work; References; Chapter 8. Constraint-Directed Negotiation of Resource Reallocations; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, January 5, 2015) |
| Subject |
Artificial intelligence.
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Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.
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Problem solving -- Data processing.
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Artificial Intelligence
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artificial intelligence.
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COMPUTERS / General
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Artificial intelligence
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Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing
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Problem solving -- Data processing
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gasser, Les, editor
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Huhns, Michale N., editor
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| ISBN |
9781483294810 (e-book) |
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1483294811 (e-book) |
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