Agent Computing and Multi-Agent Systems

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2006, held in Guilin, China, in August 2006. The book presents 39 revised full papers and 57 revised short papers together with 4 invited talks, addressing subjects from theoretical and methodological issues to applications. Topics include agent models, agent architectures, agent-oriented software engineering, semantic Web service, collaboration, coordination and negotiation, and more.

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Invited Talks.- Agent and Grid Technologies for Intercultural Collaboration.- Agent Grid Collaborative Environment.- An Agent-Based System Integration Architecture for Intelligent Service Robots.- DartGrid: A Semantic Grid and Application for Traditional Chinese Medicine.- Agent Model.- A Grammatical Framework for Modelling Multi-agent Dialogues.- A Calculus for MAS Interaction Protocol.- Synthesizing Stigmergy for Multi Agent Systems.- Model Checking for Epistemic and Temporal Properties of Uncertain Agents.- Agent Architectures.- A Task Management Architecture for Control of Intelligent Robots.- Multi-agent Based Selfish Routing for Multi-channel Wireless Mesh Networks.- Natural Language Communication Between Human and Artificial Agents.- An Extended BDI Agent with Policies and Contracts.- Agent-Oriented Software Engineering.- Towards a Customized Methodology to Develop Multi-Agent Systems.- A Systematic Methodology for Adaptive Systems in Open Environments.- Multi-modal Services for Web Information Collection Based on Multi-agent Techniques.- Formalizing Risk Strategies and Risk Strategy Equilibrium in Agent Interactions Modeled as Infinitely Repeated Games.- Agent Grid.- Reverse Auction-Based Grid Resources Allocation.- Data Grid System Based on Agent for Interoperability of Distributed Data.- A Layered Semantics for Mobile Computation.- Immunity and Mobile Agent Based Intrusion Detection for Grid.- Semantic Web Services.- Description Logic Based Composition of Web Services.- A Reputation Multi-agent System in Semantic Web.- Ontological Modeling of Virtual Organization Agents.- Parameter Evolution for Quality of Service in Multimedia Networking.- Collaboration.- A DDL Based Formal Policy Representation.- Concurrent Agent Social Strategy Diffusion with the Unification Trend.- Exploiting Based Pre-testing in Competition Environment.- Teamwork Formation for Keepaway in Robotics Soccer (Reinforcement Learning Approach).- Coordination and Negotiation.- Coordination of Concurrent Scenarios in Multi-agent Interaction.- A Multi-agent Negotiation Model Applied in Multi-objective Optimization.- Model for Negotiating Prices and Due Dates with Suppliers in Make-to-Order Supply Chains.- Interest-Based Negotiation as an Extension of Monotonic Bargaining in 3APL.- Agent Learning.- Multiagent Reinforcement Learning for a Planetary Exploration Multirobot System.- An Improved Multi-agent Approach for Solving Large Traveling Salesman Problem.- Design of Agent Registry/Repository System Based on ebXML.- Ant Agent-Based QoS Multicast Routing in Networks with Imprecise State Information.- Peer to Peer Computing.- Cactus: A New Constant-Degree and Fault Tolerate P2P Overlay.- MPSS: A Multi-agents Based P2P-SIP Real Time Stream Sharing System.- Dynamic Context Aware System for Ubiquitous Computing Environment.- Applications.- Partial Group Session Key Agreement Scheme for Mobile Agents in e-Commerce Environment.- Optimal Agendas for Sequential English Auctions with Private and Common Values.- Intelligent Game Agent Based Physics Engine for Intelligent Non Player Characters.- Palmprint Recognition Based on Improved 2DPCA.- Short Papers.- A Combination Framework for Semantic Based Query Across Multiple Ontologies.- Adaptive Mechanisms of Organizational Structures in Multi-agent Systems.- An Agent-Based Services Composition Framework for Ubiquitous Media.- A Multi-subset Possible World Semantics for Intention Operator of Agent.- A Concurrent Agent Model Based on Twin-Subset Semantic.- The Communication Model of Migrating Workflow System.- Multi-user Human Tracking Agent for the Smart Home.- Towards Embedding Evolution into a Multi-agent Environment.- A Multi-agent Framework for Collaborative Product Design.- Research on Algorithms of Gabor Wavelet Neural Network Based on Parallel Structure.- A Momentum-Based Approach to Learning Nash Equilibria.- Model of Emotional Agent.- Multi Region-Tree Based Dynamic Commission Home Proxy Communication Mechanism for Mobile Agent.- Research on Modeling and Description of Software Architecture of Cooperation-Oriented System.- An A-Team Based Architecture for Constraint Programming.- The Efficient and Low Load Range Queries in P2P.- Research of Agent Based Multiple-Granularity Load Balancing Middleware for Service-Oriented Computing.- Multiagent Model for Grid Computing.- Using Two Main Arguments in Agent Negotiation.- A Frustum-Based Ocean Rendering Algorithm.- A Model of Video Coding Based on Multi-agent.- PDC-Agent Enabled Autonomic Computing: A Theory of Autonomous Service Composition.- QoS Based Routing in Wireless Sensor Network with Particle Swarm Optimization.- A Novel Multi-agent Automated Negotiation Model Based on Associated Intent.- Research on Design and Implementation of Adaptive Physics Game Agent for 3D Physics Game.- An Improved TTS Model and Algorithm for Web Voice Browser.- Network-Based Face Recognition System Using Multiple Images.- Reusable Component Oriented Agents: A New Architecture.- Expected Utility Maximization and Attractiveness Maximization.- Modeling Negotiation in Combinatorial Auctions Based on Multi-agent.- A Methodology for Agent Oriented Web Service Engineering.- Deliberate Soccer Agents Powered by Resource-Bounded Argumentation.- Agent-Oriented Probabilistic Logic Programming with Fuzzy Constraints.- An Agent-Based Adaptive Monitoring System.- A Peer-to-Peer CF-Recommendation for Ubiquitous Environment.- Platform-Level Multiple Sensors Simulation Based on Multi-agent Interactions.- Modeling Viral Agents and Their Dynamics with Persistent Turing Machines and Cellular Automata.- A Lightweight Architecture to Support Context-Aware Ubiquitous Agent System.- Towards an Agent-Based Robust Collaborative Virtual Environment for E-Learning in the Service Grid.- Design of Music Recommendation System Using Context Information.- Semantic Grid: Interoperability Between OWL and FIPA SL.- An Agent-Based Adaptive Task-Scheduling Model for Peer-to-Peer Computational Grids.- Cluster-Based Secure Data Transmission Solution for Ad Hoc Network.- Embodied Conversational Agent Based on Semantic Web.- Dynamic Service Composition Model for Ubiquitous Service Environments.- Framework for Agent-Based Buying Decision Process.- Improving Adaptability and Transparency of Dynamically Changing Mobile Agent Runtime Environments.- AgentAssembly: The Agent Framework Platform.- A Multi-agent Architecture for CSCW Systems: From Organizational Semiotics Perspective.- Knowledge Description Model for MAS Utilizing Distributed Ontology Repositories.- Object Recognition Using K-Nearest Neighbor in Object Space.- Research on Smart Multi-agent Middleware for RFID-Based Ubiquitous Computing Environment.- Certificate Management System in MANET for Ubiquitous Computing.- FPGA Based Intrusion Detection System Against Unknown and Known Attacks.- Agent-Based Real Time Intrusion Detection System Against Malformed Packet Attacks.- Efficient Mutual Authentication Scheme with Smart Card.- Strong Mobility for FIPA Compliant Multi-agent Systems.