Developments in Intelligent Agent Technologies and Multi-Agent Systems: Concepts and Applications: 9781609601713: Computer Science & IT Books

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ISBN13: 9781609601713

EISBN13: 9781609601737

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-171-3

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Agent technologies and multi-agent systems is an emerging field of study that is unique in the sense that all efforts to build this discipline unite knowledge from different areas of study.

Developments in Intelligent Agent Technologies and Multi-Agent Systems: Concepts and Applications discusses research on emerging technologies and systems based on agent and multi-agent paradigms across various fields of science, engineering and technology. This book is a collection of work that covers conceptual frameworks, case studies, and analysis while serving as a medium of communication among researchers from academia, industry and government.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Agent models and architectures
Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation
Agent-based social simulations
Agent-oriented software engineering
Agents in Electronic Business and Virtual Organizations
Artificial social systems
Colonies and swarm intelligence
Conceptual agent frameworks
Developmental and cognitive agents
Multiagent Systems

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This book is a compilation of the articles published in the four issues of the first volume of the International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems. It showcases multiple (personal) researchers' journeys coming from many directions and traditional disciplines and backgrounds, to help advance the emerging science of Agent Technologies and Systems.

– Goran Trajkovski, Algoco eLearning, USA

Dr. Goran Trajkovski is the founding Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Agent Technologies and Systems. He is a partner and the CEO of Algoco eLearning Consulting, and the VP for Business Development for the Americas at Kreofina. In the past, he has served as faculty at different institutions, as well as the Director of Product Strategy and Development at Laureate Education, Inc., and the Chair of the Department of Information Technologies at the Education Management Corporation (EDMC)/South University, USA. In 2003, he founded the Cognitive Agency and Robotics Laboratory (CARoL) at Towson University, Towson, MD, USA. Dr. Trajkovski’s research focuses on cognitive and developmental robotics, and interaction and emergent phenomena in societies of agents. He is an affiliate of the Institute for Interactivist Studies at Lehigh University, and a member of the organizing committee of the biannual Interactivist Summer Institutes. He has authored over 300 publications, including twelve books and edited volumes. He has chaired two symposia for the Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. His work has been funded by NSF, the National Academies of the Sciences, and OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project). Dr Trajkovski hold a BSc in Applied Informatics, MSc in Mathematical and Computer Sciences, and PhD in Computing Sciences from the University “SS Cyril and Methodius,” Skopje, Macedonia.

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