CSCE 496/896
Handout 1: Resources in Agents
and Multiagent Systems
August 27, 2002
1. Introduction
This resource document is by no means complete. It consists of three categories: (1) people in the research areas of agents and multiagent systems, (2) papers related to agents and multiagent systems, and some distributed intelligent systems, suitable for the class, and (3) some relevant journals publishing agent-related papers.
2. People
Andrzej Bieszczad
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Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Edmund Durfee
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EECS Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Peyman Faratin
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Center for Coordination Science, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA |
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Michel Genesereth
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Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Barbara Hayes-Roth
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Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Michael Huhns
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
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Nick Jennings
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Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK |
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Sarit Kraus
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Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel |
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Victor Lesser
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Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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David Musliner
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Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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Jeffrey Rosenschein
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Institute of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
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Simon Parsons
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Center for Co-ordination Science at MIT Department of Computer Science at Columbia University |
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Tuomas Sandholm
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Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Sandip Sen
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Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK |
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Munindar Singh
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Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC |
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Peter Stone
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Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |
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Katia Sycara
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Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction Institute Language Technologies Institute (LTI) Center for Advanced Learning and Discovery Carnegie Mellon University |
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Milind Tambe
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Information Science Institute, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
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Manuela Veloso
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School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA |
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Michael Wooldridge
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Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, UK |
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3. Papers
Agents
Genesereth, M. R. and S. P. Ketchpel (1994). Software Agents, Communications of the ACM, 37(7):48-53. (geneserethketchpel1994.pdf)
Hwana, H. S. (1996). Software Agents: An Overview, Knowledge Engineering Review, 11(3):1-40. (nwana1996.pdf)
Jennings, N. R., K. Sycara, and M. Wooldridge (1998). A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 1(1):275-306. (jenningsetal1998.ps)
Wooldridge, M. and N. R. Jennings (1995). Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice, Knowledge Engineering Review, 10(2):115-152. (wooldridgejennings1995.pdf)
Huhns, M. N. and M. P. Singh (1999). A Multiagent Treatment of Agenthood, Applied Artificial Intelligence, 13(1-2):3-10. (hughsingh1999.pdf)
Jennings, N. R. (1993). Commitments and Conventions: The Foundation of Coordination in Multi-Agent Systems, The Knowledge Engineering Review, 8(3):223-250. (jennings1993.pdf)
Pynadath, D. and M. Tambe (2002). The Communicative Multiagent Team Decision Problem: Analyzing Teamwork Theories and Models, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 1(6):389-423. (pynadathtambe2002.pdf)
Sycara, K. (1998). Multiagent Systems, AI Magazine, 19(2):79-92. (katia1998.pdf)
Sycara, K., K. Decker, A. Pannu, M. Williamson, and D. Zeng (1996). Distributed Intelligent Agents, IEEE Expert, 11(6):36-46. (sycaraetal1996.pdf)
Tambe, M. (1997). Towards Flexible Teamwork, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 7:83-124. (tambe1997.pdf)
Durfee, E. H., V. R. Lesser, and D. D. Corkill (1989). Trends in Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 1(1):63-83. (durfeeetal1989.pdf)
Faratin, P., C. Sierra, and N. R. Jennings (1998). Negotiation Decision Functions for Autonomous Agents, Int. Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 24(3-4):159-182. (faratinetal1998.pdf)
Kraus, S. (1996). Beliefs, Time and Incomplete Information in Multiple Encounter Negotiations among Autonomous Agents, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 20(1-4):111-159. (kraus1996.pdf)
Kraus, S. (1997). Negotiation and Cooperation in Multi-Agent Environments, Artificial Intelligence Journal, Special Issue on Economic Principles of Multi-Agent Systems, 94(1-2):79-98. (kraus1997.pdf)
Kraus, S., K. Sycara, and A. Evenchik (1998). Reaching Agreements through Argumentation: A Logical Model and Implementation, Artificial Intelligence Journal, 104(1-2):1-69. (krausetal1998.pdf)
Parsons, S., C. Sierra and N. R. Jennings (1998) Agents that Reason and Negotiate by Arguing, Journal of Logic and Computation, 8(3):261-292. (parsonsetal1998.pdf)
Rosenschein, J. and G. Zlotkin (1994). Designing Conventions for Automated
Negotiations, AI Magazine, 15(3):29-46. (rosensheinzlotkin1994.pdf)
Sen, S. and E. H. Durfee (1994). The Role of Commitment in Cooperative Negotiation, International Journal of Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems, 3(1):67-81. (sendurfeee1994.pdf)
Soh, L.-K.
(2000). Literature Review on
Agent-Based Negotiations, ITTC-FY2001-TR-19860-02, Information and Telecommunication
Technology Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. (soh2000.pdf)
Wurman, P. R., M. P. Wellman, and
W. E. Walsh (2002). Specifying Rules
for Electronic Auctions, AI Magazine, 23(3):15-23.
Zeng, D. and K. Sycara (1998). Bayesian Learning in Negotiation, Int. J. Human –Computer Studies, 48:125-141. (zengsycara1998.pdf)
Zlotkin, G. and J. S. Rosenschein
(1991). Cooperation and Conflict
Resolution via Negotiation among Autonomous Agents in Noncooperative Domains, IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 21(6):1317-1324.
(zlotkinrosenschein1991.pdf)
Tarasewich, P. and P. R. McMullen (2002). Swarm Intelligence: Power in Numbers, Communications of the ACM, 45(8):62-67.
http://www.swarm.org
http://www.robocup.org/
Learning
Alonso, E., M. d’Inverno, D. Kudenko, M. Luck, and J. Noble (2001). Learning in Multi Agent Systems, The Knowledge Engineering Review, 16(3):277-284.
Bowling, M. and M. Veloso. (2002). Multiagent Learning Using a Variable Learning Rate, Artificial Intelligence, 136:215-250.
Huhns, M. and G. Weiss (1998). Guest Editorial on Multiagent Learning, Machine Learning (special issue on Multiagent Learning), 33(2-3):123-128. (huhnsweiss1998.pdf)
Stone, P. and M. Veloso (2000). Multiagent Systems: A Survey from a Machine Learning Perspective, Autonomous Robots, 8(3):345-383. Also appears as Carnegie Mellon University CS technical report number CMU-CS-97-193. December, 1997. (stoneveloso2000.ps)
Hayes-Roth, B. (1990). Architectural Foundations for Real-Time Performance in Inteligent Agents, Journal of Real-Time Systems, 2:99-125. (hayesroth1990.pdf)
Musliner, D. J., E. H. Durfee, and K. G. Shin (1993). CIRCA: A Cooperative Intelligent Real-Time Control Architecture, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(6):1561-1574. (muslineretal1993.pdf)
Musliner, D.J., J. A. Hendler, A. K. Agrawala, E. H. Durfee, J. K. Strosnider, and C. J. Paul (1995). The Challenges of Real-Time AI, IEEE Computer, 28(1):58-66. Also appears as University of Maryland Technical Report CS-TR-3290 (UMIACS-TR-94-69). (muslineretal1995.pdf)
Stone, P. and M. Veloso (1999). Task Decomposition, Dynamic Role Assignment, and Low-Bandwidth Communication for Real-Time Strategic Teamwork, Artificial Intelligence, 100(2):241-273. (stoneveloso1999.ps)
Bieszczad, A., B. Pagurek, and T. White (1998). Mobile Agents for Network Management, IEEE Communications Surveys, 1(1). E-journal. (bieszczadetal1998.pdf)
Fuggetta, A., G. P. Picco, and G. Vigna (1998). Understanding Code Mobility, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 24(5):42-361. (fuggettaetal1998.pdf)
Tsatsoulis and L.-K. Soh (2000). Intelligent Agents in Telecommunication Networks, in Computational Intelligence in Telecommunications Networks, W. Pedrycz and A. V. Vasilakos (eds.), CRC Press, Chapter 19, pp. 480-504. (tsatsoulissoh2000.pdf)
4. Journals
Journal of
Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Journal of
Artificial Intelligent Research
Applied
Artificial Intelligence Journal
Artificial
Intelligence
The
Knowledge Engineering Review
International
Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Machine
Learning
AI Magazine