Multiagent Systems, 2/e (Hardcover)

Multiagent systems are made up of multiple interacting intelligent agents -- computational entities to some degree autonomous and able to cooperate, compete, communicate, act flexibly, and exercise control over their behavior within the frame of their objectives. They are the enabling technology for a wide range of advanced applications relying on distributed and parallel processing of data, information, and knowledge relevant in domains ranging from industrial manufacturing to e-commerce to health care. This book offers a state-of-the-art introduction to multiagent systems, covering the field in both breadth and depth, and treating both theory and practice. It is suitable for classroom use or independent study. This second edition has been completely revised, capturing the tremendous developments in multiagent systems since the first edition appeared in 1999. Sixteen of the book's seventeen chapters were written for this edition; all chapters are by leaders in the field, with each author contributing to the broad base of knowledge and experience on which the book rests. The book covers basic concepts of computational agency from the perspective of both individual agents and agent organizations; communication among agents; coordination among agents; distributed cognition; development and engineering of multiagent systems; and background knowledge in logics and game theory. Each chapter includes references, many illustrations and examples, and exercises of varying degrees of difficulty. The chapters and the overall book are designed to be self-contained and understandable without additional material. Supplemental resources are available on the book's Web site.

Contributors:Rafael Bordini, Felix Brandt, Amit Chopra, Vincent Conitzer, Virginia Dignum, Jürgen Dix, Ed Durfee, Edith Elkind, Ulle Endriss, Alessandro Farinelli, Shaheen Fatima, Michael Fisher, Nicholas R. Jennings, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Evangelos Markakis, Lin Padgham, Julian Padget, Iyad Rahwan, Talal Rahwan, Alex Rogers, Jordi Sabater-Mir, Yoav Shoham, Munindar P. Singh, Kagan Tumer, Karl Tuyls, Wiebe van der Hoek, Laurent Vercouter, Meritxell Vinyals, Michael Winikoff, Michael Wooldridge, Shlomo Zilberstein

多智能體系統由多個互動的智能體組成，這些計算實體在某種程度上是自治的，能夠合作、競爭、溝通、靈活行動，並在其目標框架內對其行為進行控制。它們是一系列先進應用的關鍵技術，這些應用依賴於分散和並行處理相關的數據、信息和知識，涉及的領域從工業製造到電子商務再到醫療保健。本書提供了一個最新的多智能體系統介紹，廣泛而深入地涵蓋了這個領域，並涉及理論和實踐兩方面。適合課堂使用或獨立學習。本第二版已經完全修訂，記錄了自1999年第一版問世以來多智能體系統的巨大發展。本書的十七章中有十六章是為本版撰寫的；所有章節都由該領域的領導者撰寫，每位作者都為本書的基礎知識和經驗做出了貢獻。本書涵蓋了從個體智能體和智能體組織的角度來看計算代理的基本概念；智能體之間的通信；智能體之間的協調；分散認知；多智能體系統的開發和工程；以及邏輯和博弈論的背景知識。每章包括參考文獻、許多插圖和例子，以及難度不同的練習題。這些章節和整本書都設計成自包含的，無需額外材料即可理解。書的網站提供了補充資源。

貢獻者：Rafael Bordini、Felix Brandt、Amit Chopra、Vincent Conitzer、Virginia Dignum、Jürgen Dix、Ed Durfee、Edith Elkind、Ulle Endriss、Alessandro Farinelli、Shaheen Fatima、Michael Fisher、Nicholas R. Jennings、Kevin Leyton-Brown、Evangelos Markakis、Lin Padgham、Julian Padget、Iyad Rahwan、Talal Rahwan、Alex Rogers、Jordi Sabater-Mir、Yoav Shoham、Munindar P. Singh、Kagan Tumer、Karl Tuyls、Wiebe van der Hoek、Laurent Vercouter、Meritxell Vinyals、Michael Winikoff、Michael Wooldridge、Shlomo Zilberstein