The eagerly anticipated updated resource on one of the most important areas of research and development: multi–agent systems Multi–agent systems allow many intelligent agents to interact with each other, and this field of study has advanced at a rapid pace since the publication of the first edition of this book, which was nearly a decade ago. With this exciting new edition, the coverage of multi–agents is completely updated to include several areas that have come to prominence in the last several years, including auctions, computational social choice, and markov decision processes. In turn, a variety of topics that were initially considered critical have dwindled in importance, so the coverage of that subject matter is decreased with this new edition. The result of this redefined balance of coverage is a timely and essential resource on a popular topic. Introduces you to the concept of agents and multi–agent systems and the main applications for which they are appropriate Discusses the main issues surrounding the design of intelligent agents and a multi–agent society Delves into a number of typical applications for agent technology Addresses deductive reasoning agents, practical reasoning agents, reactive and hybrid agents, and more Reviews multi–agent decision making, communication and cooperation, and intelligent autonomous agents By the end of the book, you will have a firm grasp on how agents are distinct from other software paradigms and understand the characteristics of applications that lend themselves to agent–oriented software.
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“Nevertheless, despite these minor issues, this book is highly recommended to all socio–economic agent–based modellers, beginners or otherwise. Wooldridge’s scope, rigor, and well–respected experience at the current coalface means there’s plenty in here of interest for old–timers, while beginners can skip some of the maths and more bleeding–edge theory and concentrate easily on the implementation without loosing much.” ( Appl. Spatial Analysis , 2011)
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"A thoroughly revised and updated book, written by one of the leading researchers in the field. This excellent book provides a wonderful introduction and a comprehensive exposition of the increasingly important field of multi–agent systems." —Professor Nick Jennings FREng Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia Group, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton Multiagent systems are a new paradigm for understanding and building distributed systems, where it is assumed that the computational components are autonomous: able to control their own behaviour in the furtherance of their own goals. The first edition of An Introduction to Multiagent Systems was the first contemporary textbook in the area, and became the standard undergraduate reference work for the field. This second edition has been extended with substantial new material on recent developments in the field, and has been revised and updated throughout. It provides a comprehensive, coherent, and readable introduction to the theory and practice of multiagent systems, while presenting a wealth of discussion topics and pointers into more advanced issues for those wanting to dig deeper. Key new features include: dedicated new chapters on ontologies, voting, auctions, bargaining, coalition formation, and argumentation, reflecting recent research directions and new results; "mind maps" to illustrate key concepts and ideas – an essential study and revision aid; 590 literature references , revised, updated, and extended to reflect the state of the art in agent research and development. Designed and written specifically for computing undergraduates, the book comes with a rich repository of online teaching materials, including a complete set of lecture slides.
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The book is very interesting and well written. Only bad to say that the processes running in the background on Unix are called DEMONS, when the correct word would be DAEMONS. Once you see that the author is an expert in multi-agent systems, but know nothing about Unix.
Anyway, I can say that this edition addresses the ontology of a very clear way. This, with the semantic web as well, certainly the future of the Internet.
Congratulations.
Anyway, I can say that this edition addresses the ontology of a very clear way. This, with the semantic web as well, certainly the future of the Internet.
Congratulations.
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Great MultiAgent Systems Book- A must read Intro book...
15 Jun 2010
By Matt J.
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This is a great book. I am a Computer Science Grad Student and this book is a great intro book. It is not only a great read and easily understandable (ie. it is written for undergrad to Grad) but it also has a moderately high degree of technicality that makes it more interesting to the more advanced reader. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the subject of MultiAgent Systems.
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Not very 'engineering'
19 Sep 2012
By Passek
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This book looks more like a encyclopedia than a book. It provides how to define and classify the problems, and explains the problems in many aspects. Unfortunately, it does not show really engineering aspects of the problem, i.e., how we can solve it, especially in computer systems. Though this book introduces some given solutions, there names and features are just listed: the readers can get only vague idea about what kind of algorithms they chose, why do they chose such solutions, or what are the strong points and weak points of those solutions.
If you are planning to start working in this field, this book is recommended. If you are just interested in the engineering aspects of multiagent systems, however, this book does not seem to be a good choice.
If you are planning to start working in this field, this book is recommended. If you are just interested in the engineering aspects of multiagent systems, however, this book does not seem to be a good choice.
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essential work for anyone wishing to study this matter
6 Sep 2012
By Jorge Neves
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Indispensable guide for those who need to study this matter.
The fundamental concepts are clearly explained and points to the most relevant studies on this subject.
Not to be missed.
The fundamental concepts are clearly explained and points to the most relevant studies on this subject.
Not to be missed.
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