This chapter aims to introduce the reader to the basic issues surrounding the design and implementation of intelligent agents. It begins by motivating the idea of an agent, presents a definition of agents and intelligent agents. The article then goes on to discuss four major approaches to building agents. First, logic based architectures are reviewed, in which decision-making is viewed as logic...

A taxonomic classification of multiagent systems is constructed based on how the agents share resources. A formal description of a single intelligent agent is considered first. A system of multiple intelligent agents is viewed, formally, as a collection of these single agents. Coupling between agents is defined as the degree to which agents share resources. By analyzing the coupling between the...

The usability of traffic management and traffic control systems greatly depends on its ability of reacting upon traffic patterns and permutations. In this research we investigate the possibility of using autonomous intelligent agents to reduce workloads of traffic control operators, while maintaining high levels of usability. This paper describes an intelligent dynamic traffic management and co...

ly, this is achieved by means of a combination of three aspects: 1. A range of message types, which are based on Searle's speech act theory and which are grounded in a sound logical framework. 2. A series of notations in which logical propositions, actions and objects can be expressed. 3. The use of explicitly referenced ontologies that allow agents to interpret the identifiers in a communicati...

There are several ways of building complex distributed software systems, for example in the form of software agents. But regardless of the form, there are some common problems having to do with specification contra execution. One of the problems is the inherent dynamics in the environment many systems are exposed to. The properties of the environment are not known with any precision at the time...