Multi-agent systems - an introduction to distributed artificial intelligence

Coevolutionary Computation: An Introduction

Agent technology is synonymous with advanced computer software and a growing body of work exists on the use of adaptive techniques within the agent paradigm (e.g. [Kozierok & Maes 1993]). The distributed and/or multi-faceted nature of complex problem domains, such as network routing or process control, has lead to the extension of agent frameworks to multi-agent systems, both within traditional...

Engineering Machine Learning Techniques into Multi-Agent Systems

Agent technology is a Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) approach to implement autonomous entities driven by beliefs, goals, capabilities, plans, and agency properties: adaptation, interaction, learning, etc. Software agents are the focus of considerable research by the artificial intelligence community, but there is still much to be done in the field of software engineering in order to ...

Normative Reasoning and Consequence

In this chapter we first provide a general introduction to the research area methodology and relevance, then we discuss normative reasoning for multi-agent systems, and finally we discuss current research challenges. We cover the main issues in modern deontic logic, which is much broader than the traditional modal logic framework of deontic logic, with an emphasis to our intended audience. To e...

On the use of multi-agent systems for the monitoring of industrial systems

The objective of the current paper is to present an intelligent system for complex process monitoring, based on artificial intelligence technologies. This system aims to realize with success all the complex process monitoring tasks that are: detection, diagnosis, identification and reconfiguration. For this purpose, the development of a multi-agent system that combines multiple intelligences su...

A Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI