<p>Conflicts between agents acting in a multi-agent environment arise for different reasons, involve different concepts, and are dealt with in different ways, depending on the kind of agents and on the domain where they are considered. Agents may have conflicting beliefs, conflicting goals, or may h
Conflicting Agents - Conflict Management in Multi-Agent Systems (Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations Volume 1)
✍ Scribed by Cathérine Tessier, Laurent Chaudron, Heinz-Jürgen Müller
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 258
- Series
- Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations Volume 1
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
Sociology and MAS systems are the place where hard a soft sciences converge and this is well illustrated in excellent articles in the book.
✦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Table Of Contents......Page 6
An Application Science for Multi-Agent Systems......Page 8
Coordination Challenges for Autonomous Spacecraft......Page 14
A Framework for Evaluation of Multi-Agent System Approaches to Logistics Network Management......Page 34
Centralized Versus Decentralized Coordination: Two Application Case Studies......Page 48
A Complex Systems Perspective on Collaborative Design......Page 84
Multi-Agent System Interaction Protocols in a Dynamically Changing Environment......Page 102
Challenges to Scaling-Up Agent Coordination Strategies......Page 120
Roles in MAS: Managing the Complexity of Tasks and Environments......Page 140
An Evolutionary Framework for Large-Scale Experimentation in Multi-Agent Systems......Page 162
Application Characteristics Motivating Adaptive Organizational Capabilities within Multi-Agent Systems......Page 182
Applying Coordination Mechanisms for Dependency Relationships under Various Environments......Page 206
Performance Models for Large Scale Multi-Agent Systems: A Distributed POMDP-Based Approach......Page 228
Index......Page 252
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