Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems 4th International Wor
Over recent years, the notion of agency has claimed a major role in de?ning the trends of modern research. In?uencing a broad spectrum of disciplines such as sociology, psychology, philosophy and many more, the agent paradigm virtually invaded every sub?e
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Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Jürgen Dix João Leite (Eds.)
Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems 4th International Workshop, CLIMA IV Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, January 6-7, 2004 Revised Selected and Invited Papers
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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Jörg Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany Volume Editors Jürgen Dix Technische Universität Clausthal Lehrstuhl für Computational Intelligence, Dept. CS Julia-Albert-Str. 4, 38678 Clausthal, Germany E-mail: [email protected] João Leite Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Departmento de Informática, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal E-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004115978
CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2.11, I.2, C.2.4, F.4 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-24010-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by Scientific Publishing Services, Chennai, India Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 11363989 06/3142 543210
Preface
Over recent years, the notion of agency has claimed a major role in defining the trends of modern research. Influencing a broad spectrum of disciplines such as sociology, psychology, philosophy and many more, the agent paradigm virtually invaded every subfield of computer science, because of its promising applications for the Internet and in robotics. Multi-agent systems (MAS) are communities of problem-solving entities that can perceive and act upon their environments to achieve their individual goals as well as joint goals. The work on such systems integrates many technologies and concepts in artificial intelligence and other areas of computing. There is a full spectrum of MAS applications that have been and are being developed: from search engines to educational aids to electronic commerce and trade. Although commonly implemented by means of imperative languages, mainly for reasons of efficiency, the agent concept has recently increased its influence in the research and development of computational logic-based systems. Computational logic, by virtue of its nature both in substance and method, provides a well-defined, general, and rigorous framework for systematically studying computation, be it syntax, semantics, and procedures, or implementations, envir
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