Covergence and Knowledge Processing in Multi-Agent Systems

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ISBN: 9781848820623

ISBN-10: 1848820623

ISBN-13: 9781848820623

Edition: 2009

Authors: Maria Chli, Philippe De Wilde

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Agent systems are being used to model complex systems like societies, markets and biological systems. In this book we investigate issues of agent systems related to convergence and interactivity using techniques from agent based modelling to simulate complex systems, and demonstrate that interactivity/exchange and convergence in multi-agent systems are issues that are significantly interrelated.Topic and features: - Introduces the state of the art in multi-agent systems, with an emphasis on agent-based computational economics. - Sheds light on the fundamental concepts behind the stability of multi-agent systems. - Investigates knowledge exchange among agents, the rationale behind it and its…

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List price: $255.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 3/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 143
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English




Introduction



Background to the Research



Approach



Contributions



Reader's Guide to the Book



Research Issues



Multi-agent Systems



Agent-based Modelling



An Ecosystem Perspective of Multi-agent Systems



Convergence Issues



Interaction and Knowledge Exchange



Stability of Multi-agent Systems



Introduction



Background



Stability in Games



Stochastic Systems Primer



Definition of Stability



Example Games



Experiments



Trading Simulation Model



Load Transportation Model



Virus Spreading Model



The Market Demonstrator



Conclusion



Limitations and Future Work



Achievements



The Emergence of Knowledge Exchange: An Agent-based Model of a Software Market



Introduction



Digital Business Ecosystem



A DBE Economy



Market Efficiency



Background



Exchange in Economic Markets



The Software Industry



An Agent-based Model of the DBE



Agent-based Modelling



The Setting



Exchange of Services



Discussion



Analysis of the Model



Service Exchange



Market Efficiency



Concluding Remarks



Collaborative Query Expansion



Introduction



Query Expansion



Discriminative Document Terms



Term Value



Implementation



Initial Phase



Stemming



Common Word Filtering



Term Selection



Evaluation



Experiments



Evaluation Results



Introducing User Collaboration for Query Expansion



Collaboration Procedure



Comparing Sets of Terms



Example of Collaboration



Limitations and Future Work



Conclusions



Micro-economic Control of Distributed Intelligent Personal Assistants



Stable Strategies



Network of Intelligent Personal Assistants



Definition of the Automatic PA



Further Specifications



The Intelligent Automatic PA



Negotiating and Optimizing Agents



An Example



Finding a Stable Strategy



The Discrete Event Simulator



A Stable Strategy



Conclusion



Conclusions and Future Work



Contributions



Future Directions



Ecosystems of Networked Businesses



Exchange in Natural Ecosystems



Concluding Remarks


Appendices



The EEII Project



Statistical Analysis



Statistical Hypothesis Testing



Tests for Showing That Two Samples Come from the Same Distribution



Methodology: Evolutionary Algorithms


References


Index