AMS

Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

Objectives

Characterize and apply the general notions of agent and multi-agent systems, enumerating and classifying different properties of agents and environments; Specify distributed and decentralized systems following the agent-oriented paradigm; Create agents with a given architecture; Design a society of agents and use it to solve a problem; Create, in a practical way, a society of agents that communicate using an agent language, using different platforms; Develop solutions in various application areas using an agent-oriented problem solving methodology.

Program

Agents Multiagent Systems Coordination and Cooperation Argumentative Systems Agent Negotiation Agents with emotions Agent Learning Security, Trust and Legal Relations Applications

Bibliography

An Introduction to Multiagent Systems, M. Wooldrige John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition, ISBN 978-0470519462, 2009. Understanding Agent Systems, M. D’Inverno and M. Luck, Springer, ISBN: 978-3540407003, 2nd edition, 2013. Developing Multi-Agent Systems with JADE, F., Bellifemine, G. Caire and D. Greenwood,John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-0470057476, 2007. Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations, Yoav Shoham and Kevin Leyton-Brown, Cambridge University Press; ISBN 978-0521899437, 2008. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig, (3rd Edition), ISBN 978-9332543515, 2015.