An Application Science for Multi-Agent Systems

An Application Science For Multi-Agent Systems addresses the complexity of choosing which multi-agent control technologies are appropriate for a given problem domain or a given application. Without such knowledge, when faced with a new application domain,

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MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS, ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES, AND SIMULATED ORGANIZATIONS International Book Series Series Editor: Gerhard Weiss Technische Universität München Editorial Board: Kathleen M. Carley, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA Yves Demazeau, CNRS Laboratoire LEIBNIZ, France Ed Durfee, University of Michigan, USA Les Gasser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Michael Huhns, University of South Carolina, SC, USA Nick Jennings, University of Southampton, UK Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA Gerhard Weiss, Technical University of Munich, Germany (Series Editor) Michael Wooldridge, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Books in the Series : CONFLICTING AGENTS: Conflict Management in Multi-Agent Systems, edited by Catherine Tessier, Laurent Chaudron and Heinz-Jürgen Müller, ISBN: 0-7923-7210-7 SOCIAL ORDER IN MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS, edited by Rosaria Conte and Chrysanthos Dellarocas, ISBN: 0-7923-7450-9 SOCIALLY INTELLIGENT AGENTS: Creating Relationships with Computers and Robots, edited by Kerstin Dautenhahn, Alan H. Bond, Lola Cañamero and Bruce Edmonds, ISBN: 1-4020-7057-8 CONCEPTUAL MODELLING OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS: Engineering Environment, by Norbert Glaser, ISBN: 1-4020-7061-6

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GAME THEORY AND DECISION THEORY IN AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS, edited by Simon Parsons, Piotr Gmytrasiewicz, Michael Wooldridge, ISBN: 1-4020-7115-9 REPUTATION IN ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES: Social Beliefs for Social Order, by Rosaria Conte, Mario Paolucci, ISBN: 1-4020-7186-8 AGENT AUTONOMY, edited by Henry Hexmoor, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Rino Falcone, ISBN: 1-4020-7402-6 AGENT SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK, edited by Yiming Ye, Elizabeth Churchill, ISBN: 1-4020-7404-2 DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS, edited by Victor Lesser, Charles L. Ortiz, Jr., Milind Tambe, ISBN: 1-4020-7499-9

AN APPLICATION SCIENCE FOR MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS

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Contents

An Application Science for Multi-Agent Systems Tom Wagner

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Coordination Challenges for Autonomous Spacecraft Bradley J. Clement, and Anthony C. Barrett

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A Framework for Evaluation of Multi-Agent System Approaches to Logistics Network Management Paul Davidsson and Fredrik Wernstedt

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Centralized Versus Decentralized Coordination: Two Application Case Studies Tom Wagner, John Phelps, and Valerie Guralnik

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A Complex