Multiagent System Technologies
8th German Conference, MATES 2011, Leipzig, Germany, October 6-7, 2011 Proceedings
Published on 7. October 2011
X, 197 pages
978-3-642-24603-6 (ISBN)
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th German Conference on Multiagent System Technologies held in Berlin, Germany, in October 2011.
The 12 revised full papers presented together with 6 short parers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. Providing an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, users, and developers to present and discuss latest advances in research work as well as prototyped or fielded systems of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, the papers cover the whole range of this sector and promote its theory and applications.
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Franziska Klügl | Sascha Ossowski
Multiagent System Technologies
8th German Conference, MATES 2011, Leipzig, Germany, October 6-7, 2011 Proceedings
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Content
- Title
- Preface
- Organization
- Table of Contents
- From Organisation Oriented Programming to Multi-agent Oriented Programming
- Organic Computing - A Generic Approach to Controlled Self-organization in Adaptive Systems
- JadexCloud - An Infrastructure for Enterprise Cloud Applications
- Introduction
- Running Example
- JadexCloud Architecture
- Daemon Layer
- Platform Layer
- Application Layer
- Real World Scenario
- Related Work
- Summary and Outlook
- References
- Hybrid Multi-agent Planning
- Introduction
- Formal Framework
- Hybrid Multi-agent Planning
- Pre-processing Agent
- Planning Agents
- Merging Methodology
- Experimental Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Social Welfare for Automatic Innovation
- Introduction and Motivation
- Related Work
- Psychological Preliminaries
- Approximations to Adaptive MAS
- Agent Modeling
- Psychological Model
- A KAI Based Emotional Social Agent Model
- Social-Welfare RL (SoWelL)
- Convergence of Learning
- Tests and Validation
- Study Case
- Simulation
- Results
- Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- An Agent-Based Simulation of Payment Behavior in E-Commerce
- Introduction
- Simulation Model
- Overview of the Shopping Simulation
- Simulation of the Payment Behavior
- Agent-Based Implementation of the Shopping Simulation
- Validation of the Payment Simulation
- Calibration
- Simulation Run and Validation
- Evaluation of the Simulation Results
- Related Work
- Conclusion and Future Work
- Summary
- Future Work
- References
- On the Power of Global Reward Signals in Reinforcement Learning
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Concepts
- State of the Art
- Engineered Reward-Based Model
- A Polynomial Time Coding Approach.
- Complexity Results and Expressiveness
- Partial Observability
- Example
- Discussion and Conclusion
- References
- Motivating Agents in Unreliable Environments: A Computational Model
- Introduction
- Agents and Motives
- An Abstract Model for Motivated Agents
- Adjusting Motivation
- Taking Reliability into Account
- Related Work
- Summary and Conclusion
- References
- Learning Dynamic Adaptation Strategies in Agent-Based Traffic Simulation Experiments
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Traffic Simulation
- Learning Dynamic Adaptation Strategies
- Representation
- Learning Strategies
- Utilization of Learned Strategies
- Evaluation
- Static Scenario: Imposing a Speed Limit
- Dynamic Scenario: Forcing Lane Changes
- Conclusion
- References
- Value of Incomplete Information in Mobile Target Allocation
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Problem Formulation and Definitions
- Dynamic Online Auction with Mobility
- Bidding
- Assignment
- Agent Movement
- Simulation Setup and Results
- Conclusions
- References
- Dynamic Coalition Adaptation for Efficient Agent-Based Virtual Power Plants
- Introduction
- Related Work
- Problem Representation
- Coalition Self-adaptation Mechanism
- Experimental Results
- Conclusions
- References
- Monotonic Mixing of Decision Strategies for Agent-Based Bargaining
- Introduction
- Mixing Negotiation Tactics
- Negotiation Tactics and Strategies
- Definition of Monotonic Tactics
- Monotonicity of Mixed Strategies
- Monotonic Mixing Mechanisms
- Mixing Based on Negotiation Threads
- Mixing Based on Single Concessions
- Evaluation
- Related Work
- Conclusions
- References
- Agent Factory: A Framework for Prototyping Logic-Based AOP Languages
- Introduction
- Multi-language Support in Agent Factory
- Infrastructure Support
- Skeleton Interpreter
- Parser Support
- Tool Support
- Prototyping an AOP Language
- Language Design
- Skeleton Interpreter
- Debugger Implementation
- Parser Implementation
- Eclipse Integration
- Evaluation
- Conclusions
- References
- Agent-Based Container Terminal Optimisation
- Introduction
- Container Terminal Operation
- Related Work
- An Agent-Based Simulator
- Model Description
- Simulator Operation
- Optimisation of Allocation of Moves to Straddle Carriers
- Optimisation of Container Yard Allocation
- Discussion and Conclusion
- References
- HAI - A Human Agent Interface for JIAC
- Introduction
- Approach
- The Java Intelligent Agents Componentware (JIAC)
- HAI in a Nutshell
- Integrating Agents into MVC
- From Theory to Practice
- Related Work
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- Future Work
- References
- Agentification of Objects in Heterogeneous Dynamic Environments
- Introduction and Motivation
- Preliminaries and Related Work
- From Objects to Agents
- State-Filtering in Publish / Subscribe Systems
- Goal-Based Interaction with Objects
- Agentification of Objects
- Summary and Future Work
- References
- Gateway Architecture for Web-Based Agent Services
- Introduction
- Integrating Web Services into Multi-agent System
- WebGateway Architecture
- Service Registration
- Message Translation
- Related Work
- Conclusion and Future Works
- References
- Self-organization of Roles Based on Multilateral Negotiation for Task Allocation
- Introduction
- Description of the Proposed Model
- Task Definition
- Evolutionary Approach to Determine Negotiation Outcomes
- Agent Adaptation: Learning and Forgetting
- Duration and Productivity
- Case Studies
- Conclusions
- References
- Representing Emotion and Mood States for Virtual Agents
- Introduction
- Background
- OCC Model
- Pleasure-Arousal-Dominance Emotional and Temperament Models
- PAD Space for Emotions and Temperament
- Computational Models
- Mood Vector Space
- Mood Space
- Mood Vector Space
- Extended Mood Space
- Topological Mood Space
- Attenuated Mood Space
- Emotional Agent System in a Mood Vector Space
- Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- An Artificial Market for Efficient Allocation of Road Transport Networks
- Introduction
- Road Transport Artificial Market
- Beyond Economic Analysis
- State Space
- Action Space
- Setting the Production Price
- Experimental Evaluation: Two Congestible Links in Parallel
- Results
- Conclusions
- References
- Author Index
