Multiagent System Technologies: 6th German Conference, MATES 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 23-26, 2008. Proceedings

Michael Wooldridge (auth.), Ralph Bergmann, Gabriela Lindemann, Stefan Kirn, Michal Pěchouček (eds.)3540878041, 9783540878049

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th German Conference on Multiagent Systems Technologies, MATES 2008, held in Kaiserslautern, Germany, in September 2008 – co-located with the 31st German Conference on Artificial Intelligence, KI 2008.

The 16 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers present and discuss the latest advances of research and development in the area of autonomous agents and multiagent systems ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to applications in various fields.

Table of contents :
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Logic for Automated Mechanism Design and Analysis….Pages 1-1
Coordination in Multi-Agent Systems: Towards a Technology of Agreement….Pages 2-12
Optimistic-Pessimistic Q -Learning Algorithm for Multi-Agent Systems….Pages 13-24
How to Program Organizations and Roles in the JADE Framework….Pages 25-36
Agent Models for Concurrent Software Systems….Pages 37-48
Filtering Algorithm for Agent-Based Incident Communication Support in Mobile Human Surveillance….Pages 49-60
Joint Equilibrium Policy Search for Multi-Agent Scheduling Problems….Pages 61-72
Making Allocations Collectively: Iterative Group Decision Making under Uncertainty….Pages 73-85
Compiling GOAL Agent Programs into Jazzyk Behavioural State Machines….Pages 86-98
Knowledge and Strategic Ability for Model Checking: A Refined Approach….Pages 99-110
Agent Learning Instead of Behavior Implementation for Simulations – A Case Study Using Classifier Systems….Pages 111-122
Providing Integrated Development Environments for Multi-Agent Systems….Pages 123-134
Implementing Organisations in JADE….Pages 135-146
A Fair Mechanism for Recurrent Multi-unit Auctions….Pages 147-158
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Intrusion Detection: A Case Study and Evaluation….Pages 159-170
Teaching Distributed Artificial Intelligence with RoboRally….Pages 171-182
Refactoring in Multi Agent System Development….Pages 183-194
Autonomous Scheduling with Unbounded and Bounded Agents….Pages 195-206
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