Agent software is a rapidly develo** area of research. However, the overuse of the word
“agent” has tended to mask the fact that, in reality, there is a truly heterogeneous body of …

A negotiation between agents is typically an incomplete information game, where the agents
initially do not know their opponent's preferences or strategy. This poses a challenge, as …

Trust is a judgement of unquestionable utility-as humans we use it every day of our lives.
However, trust has suffered from an imperfect understanding, a plethora of definitions, and …

This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and …

This paper explores principles governing the rational balance among an agent's beliefs,
goals, actions, and intentions. Such principles provide specifications for artificial agents, and …

The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
mainstream computer science. In this article, we present a survey of what we perceive to be …

Provides a unified, coherent account of machine interaction at the level of the machine
designers (the society of designers) and the level of the machine interaction itself (the …

Most artificial intelligence research investigates intelligent behavior for a single agent--
solving problems heuristically, understanding natural language, and so on. Distributed …

A model for strategic negotiation for intelligent agents. As computers advance from isolated
workstations to linked elements in complex communities of systems and people, cooperation …

Distributed problem solving involves the collective effort of multiple problems solvers to
combine their knowledge, information, and capabilities so as to develop solutions to …