Multi-Agent-Systems and Applications II

TheAdvanced Course onArti?cial IntelligenceACAI2001, with the subtitle of Multi- Agent Systems and Their Applications , held in Prague, Czech Republic, represented a joint event of ECCAI (the European Coordinating Committee for Arti?cial Intel- gence) andAgentLink, the European Network of Excellence forAgent-Based Comp- ing. Whereas ECCAI organizes two-weekACAI courses on different topics each second year, AgentLink s European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) has been an - nual event since 1999. In 2001, both of these important events were merged, giving weight to the fact that multi-agent systems currently represent one of the hottest topics of AI research. The name, ACAI2001 Summer School, was intended to emphasize that this event continued the tradition of regular ECCAI activities (ACAI), as well as that of the EASSS summer schools ofAgentLink. The PragueACAI Summer School was proposed and initiated by both the Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Technical University, Prague (GL-CTU) and the Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics (CSKI), with the support of theAustrian Research Institute forArti?cial Intelligence in Vienna (OFAI). One of the most important stimulating factors behind the organization ofACAI2001 wasthesupportprovidedbytheEuropeanCommissiontotheGerstnerLaboratorywithin the frame of the MIRACLE Centre of Excellence project (No. ICA1-CT-2000-70002). Additional support was later provided by both the Commission s AgentLink II project (IST-1999-29003) and ECCAI. The combined ?nancial and conceptual participation of these important international bodies enabled the invitation of a large number of truly world-class lecturers in this ?eld, who added a unique ?avor to the event.

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TheAdvanced Course onArti?cial IntelligenceACAI2001, with the subtitle of Multi- Agent Systems and Their Applications , held in Prague, Czech Republic, represented a joint event of ECCAI (the European Coordinating Committee for Arti?cial Intel- gence) andAgentLink, the European Network of Excellence forAgent-Based Comp- ing. Whereas ECCAI organizes two-weekACAI courses on different topics each second year, AgentLink s European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) has been an - nual event since 1999. In 2001, both of these important events were merged, giving weight to the fact that multi-agent systems currently represent one of the hottest topics of AI research. The name, ACAI2001 Summer School, was intended to emphasize that this event continued the tradition of regular ECCAI activities (ACAI), as well as that of the EASSS summer schools ofAgentLink. The PragueACAI Summer School was proposed and initiated by both the Gerstner Laboratory, Czech Technical University, Prague (GL-CTU) and the Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics (CSKI), with the support of theAustrian Research Institute forArti?cial Intelligence in Vienna (OFAI). One of the most important stimulating factors behind the organization ofACAI2001 wasthesupportprovidedbytheEuropeanCommissiontotheGerstnerLaboratorywithin the frame of the MIRACLE Centre of Excellence project (No. ICA1-CT-2000-70002). Additional support was later provided by both the Commission s AgentLink II project (IST-1999-29003) and ECCAI. The combined ?nancial and conceptual participation of these important international bodies enabled the invitation of a large number of truly world-class lecturers in this ?eld, who added a unique ?avor to the event.

Inhalt
Multi-Agent Systems and Applications ACAI 2001: Selected Tutorial Papers.- Intelligent Agents: The Key Concepts.- Motivated Agent Behaviour and Requirements Applied to Virtual Emergencies.- Software Agents for Electronic Business: Opportunities and Challenges.- From Simulated Dialogues to Interactive Performances.- Cooperating Agents for Holonic Manufacturing.- Multi-Agent Systems and Applications ACAI 2001: Selected Student Papers.- Self-Stabilizing Distributed Algorithms for Defeat Status Computation in Argumentation.- Replanning in a Resource-Based Framework.- Distributed Branch and Bound Algorithm in Coalition Planning.- Formal Conversations for the Contract Net Protocol.- Adaptive Agents in Argumentation-Based Negotiation.- Flexible Load Balancing in Distributed Information Agent Systems.- Autonomous Agents Applied to Manufacturing Scheduling Problems: A Negotiation-Based Heuristic Approach.- Adaptability and Embodiment Using Multi-Agent Systems AEMAS 2001: Selected Papers.- Adaptability and Embodiment Using Multi-Agent Systems.- Distributed Shared Agent Representations.- Modeling Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems Inspired by Developmental Biology.- Industrial Applications of Holonic and Multi-Agent Systems HoloMAS 2001: Selected Papers.- Holons & Agents: Recent Developments and Mutual Impacts.- Material Handling Problem: FIPA Compliant Agent Implementation.- Industrial MAS for Planning and Control.- An Integral Implementation of a Machine-Holon Applying the ZEUS Agent Framework.- ExPlanTech: Exploitation of Agent-Based Technology in Production Planning.- A Holonic Approach to Reconfiguring Real-Time Distributed Control Systems.- Rationales for Holonic Applications in Chemical Process Industries.- Distributed Deadline Control in Holonic Manufacturing Systems.- CPlanT: Coalition Planning Multi-Agent System for Humanitarian Relief Operations.