Multi-Agent Systems for Society: 8th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 26-28, 2005, Revised Selected Papers

✍ Scribed by Hideyuki Nakashima (auth.), Dickson Lukose, Zhongzhi Shi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 424
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4078 : Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2005, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September 2005.

The 29 revised full papers and 2 keynote papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address many current topics in multi-agent research and development, ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to various applications in different fields.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages -
Application of Information Processing Technology by Multiagent Simulation....Pages 1-6
Cognitive Architectures and Multi-agent Social Simulation....Pages 7-21
A Co-operative Intelligent Assisting Agent Architecture for Web Searching and Desktop Management....Pages 22-32
Prisoner’s Dilemma Game on Network....Pages 33-44
Addressing Constraint Failures in Agent Interaction Protocol....Pages 45-59
Reasoning about Success and Failure in Intentional Agents....Pages 60-72
Agent-Base Workflow Management System Architecture – An Example on Conference Info System....Pages 73-87
Diverse Applications of an Automated Argument System Based on the Logic of Multiple-Valued Argumentation....Pages 88-102
Dynamic Interaction Protocol Load in Multi-Agent System Collaboration....Pages 103-113
Towards a Component-Based Architecture for TeleAgents....Pages 114-127
Development of a Lightweight Middleware Technologies Supporting Mobile Agents....Pages 128-138
The Roles of Active Perception in Intelligent Agent Systems....Pages 139-152
Fairness in Cooperating Multi-agent Systems – Using Profit Sharing as an Example....Pages 153-162
Risk Strategies and Risk Strategy Equilibrium in Agent Interactions Modeled as Normal Repeated 2 ×2 Risk Games....Pages 163-177
A Crowd Model for Emergency and Panic Situations: Structure, Characteristics and Behaviours....Pages 178-191
Learning the Structure of Utility Graphs Used in Multi-issue Negotiation through Collaborative Filtering....Pages 192-206
ARTISTE: Agent Organization Management System for Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 207-221
Sensor Management Model Using Multi-agent in Small-Area Sensor Networks....Pages 222-230
Conflict Resolution Method for Multi-context Situation....Pages 231-239
Multi-auction Approach for Solving Task Allocation Problem....Pages 240-254
Using Classification Learning in Companion Modeling....Pages 255-269
Modeling a MultiAgent Mobile Robotics Test Bed Using a Biologically Inspired Artificial Immune System....Pages 270-283
Deploying Multi-Agents for Intelligent Aspect-Oriented Web Services....Pages 284-296
Multi-Agent System Using G-XMDR for Data Synchronization in Pervasive Computing Environments....Pages 297-309
An Interval-Based Knowledge Model and Query Language for Temporal Information....Pages 310-323
A Petri-Net-Based Modeling Framework for Automated Negotiation Protocols in Electronic Commerce....Pages 324-336
Agent Based Interaction Model for Electronic Health Record System....Pages 337-350
Implementation of MedVI Agent a Medical Vocabulary Interpreter for Medical Agents....Pages 351-364
Multi-agent Cooperation: A Description Logic View....Pages 365-379
Enhancing Bidding Strategies in CDAs by Adaptive Judgement of Price Acceptability....Pages 380-394
Dealing with Objectives in a Constraint-Based Extension to AgentSpeak(L)....Pages 395-409
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Programs