CSCE 475/875

Handout 2: Resources in Agents and Multiagent Systems

August 25, 2011

 

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

 

Affiliation

Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

 

Edmund Durfee

 

Affiliation

EECS Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

 

Marco Dorigo (Ants Colony)

 

Affiliation

IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

 

Peyman Faratin

 

Affiliation

Center for Coordination Science, MIT Sloan School of Management,

Cambridge, MA

 

Michel Genesereth

 

Affiliation

Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

Barbara Hayes-Roth

 

Affiliation

Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

 

Michael Huhns

 

Affiliation

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

 

Nick Jennings

 

Affiliation

Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK

 

Sarit Kraus

 

Affiliation

Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

 

Victor Lesser

 

Affiliation

Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

 

David Musliner

 

Affiliation

Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN

 

Jeffrey Rosenschein

 

Affiliation

Institute of Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,  Israel  

 

Simon Parsons

 

Affiliation

Center for Co-ordination Science at MIT

Department of Computer Science at Columbia University

 

Tuomas Sandholm

 

Affiliation

Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

 

Sandip Sen

 

Affiliation

Department of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

 

Munindar Singh

 

Affiliation

Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

 

Peter Stone

 

Affiliation

Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

 

Katia Sycara

               

Affiliation

Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science

Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Language Technologies Institute (LTI)

Center for Advanced Learning and Discovery

Carnegie Mellon University

 

Milind Tambe

 

Affiliation

Information Science Institute, Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 

Manuela Veloso

 

Affiliation

School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA

 

Michael Wooldridge

 

Affiliation

Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, UK

 

3.         Papers


Multiagent Systems and Models

Brennan, R. W. (2007).  Toward Real-Time Distributed Intelligent Control: A Survey of Research Themes and Applications, 37(5):744-764.

Helleboogh, A., G. Vizzari, A. Uhrmacher, and F. Michel (2007).  Modeling Dynamic Environments in Multi-Agent Simulation, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 14:87-116.  (hellebooghetal2007)

Horling, B. and V. Lesser (2005).  A Survey of Multi-Agent Organizational Paradigms, Knowledge Engineering Review, (horlinglesser2005.pdf)

Huhns, M. N. and M. P. Singh (1999).  A Multiagent Treatment of Agenthood, Applied Artificial Intelligence, 13(1-2):3-10.  (hughsingh1999.pdf)

Padgham, L. and P. Lambrix (2005).  Formalisations of Capabilities for BDI-Agents, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 10:249-271.  (padghamlambrix2005)

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)

Valckenaers, P., J. Sauter, C. Sierra, and J. A. Rodriguez-Aguilar (2007).  Applications and Environments for Multi-Agent Systems, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 14:61-85.  (valckenaersetal2007)

Multiagent Environments

Platon, E., M. Mamei, N. Sabouret, S. Honiden, and H. V. D. Parunak (2006). Mechanisms for Environments in Multiagent Systems: Survey and Opportunities, 14(1):31-47.

Viroli, M., T. Holvoet, A. Ricci, K. Schelfthout, and F. Zambonelli (2007). Infrastructures for the Environment of Multiagent systems, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 14:49-60.

Halpern, J. Y. and K. R. O’Neill (2008).  Secrecy in Multiagent Systems, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, 12(1):1-46.

Negotiations and Cooperation

Crawford, E. and M. Veloso (2007).  An Experts Approach to Strategy Selection in Multiagent Meeting Scheduling, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 15:5-28.  (crawfordveloso2007)

Dunne, P. E., M. Wooldridge, and M. Laurence (2005).  The Complexity of Contract Negotiation, Artificial Intelligence, 164(1-2):23-46.  (dunneetal2005.pdf)

Dolgov, D. A. and E. H. Durfee (2006) Resource Allocation Among Agents with MDP-Induced Preferences, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 27:505-549. (dolgovdurfee2006.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)

Faratin, P., C. Sierra, and N. R. Jennings (2002).  Using Similarity Criteria to Make Issue Trade-Offs in Automated Negotiations, Artificial Intelligence, 142:205-237.  (faratinetal2002.pdf)

Grosz, B. and S. Kraus (1996).  Collaborative plans for complex group action, Artificial Intelligence, 86(2):269-357. (groszkraus1996.pdf)

Grosz, B. J. and S. Kraus (1998).  The evolution of SharedPlans, in Rao, A. and M. Wooldridge (eds.) Foundations and Theories of Rational Agency, Kluwer Academic Publishing.  (groszkraus1998.pdf)

Grosz, B. J., S. Kraus, D. G. Sullivan, and S. Das (2002).  The Influence of Social Norms and Social Consciousness on Intention Reconciliation, Artificial Intelligence, 142:147-177.  (groszetal2002.pdf)

Huynh, T. D., N. R. Jennings, and N. R. Shadbolt (2006).  An Integrated Trust and Reputation Model for Open Multi-Agent Systems, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 13:119-154.  (huynhetal2006.pdf)

Jøsang, A., R. Ismail, C. Boyd (2005).  A Survey of Trust and Reputation Systems for Online Service Provision, Decision Support Systems, 43(2):618-644.

Li, C., J. A. Giampapa, and K. Sycara (2006).  Bilateral Negotiation Decisions with Uncertain Dynamic Outside Options, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Special Issue on Game-Theoretic Analysis and Stochastic Simulation of Negotiation Agents, 36(1).  (lietal2006.pdf)

Nair, R. and M. Tambe (2005).  Hybrid BDI-POMDP Framework for Multiagent Teaming, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 23(4):367-420.  (nairtambe2005.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)

Raja, A. and V. Lesser (2007).  A Framework for Meta-Level Control in Multi-Agent Systems, to appear in Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. (rajalesser2007.pdf)

Ros, R. and C. Sierra (2006).  A Negotiation Meta Strategy Combining Trade-Off and Concession Moves, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 12:163-181.  (rossierra2006.pdf)

Sandip, S. (2002).  Believing Others:  Pros and Cons, Artificial Intelligence, 142:179-203 (sandip2002.pdf)

Soh, L.-K. and C. Tsatsoulis (2005).  A Real-Time Negotiation Model and A Multi-Agent Sensor Network Implementation, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 11:215-271.  (sohtsatsoulis2005.pdf)

Stone, P., M. L. Littman, S. Singh, and M. Kearns (2001).  ATTac-2000:  An Adaptive Autonomous Bidding Agent, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 15:189-206.

van der Hoek, W. and M. Wooldridge (2005).  On the Logic of Cooperation and Propositional Control, Artificial Intelligence, 164(1-2):81-119.  (vanderhoekwooldridge2005.pdf)

Zhang, X., V. Lesser, and R. Podorozhny (2005).  Multi-Dimensional, MultiStep Negotiation for Task Allocation in a Cooperative System, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 10:5-40.  (zhangetal2005.pdf)

Learning

Banerjee, B. and J. Peng (2007).  Generalized Multiagent Learning with Performance Bound, to appear in Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent System.  (banerjeepeng2007)

Banerjee, B., S. Sen, and S. Saha (2004).  On-Policy Concurrent Reinforcement Learning, Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 16(4):245-260.  (banerjeeetal2004.pdf)

Bowling, M. and M. Veloso (2002).  Multiagent Learning Using a Variable Learning Rate, Artificial Intelligence, 136:215-250.  (bowlingveloso2002.pdf)

Buffet, O., A. Dutech, and F. Charpillet (2007).  Shaping Multi-Agent Systems with Gradient Reinforcement Learning, to appear in Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.  (buffetetal2007.pdf)

Bulka, B., M. Gaston, and M. desJardins (2007).  Local Strategy Learning in Networked Multi-Agent Team Formation, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 15:29-45.  (bulkaetal2007.pdf)

Enembreck, F. and J.-P. Barthés (2005).  ELA—A New Approach for Learning Agents, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 10:215-248.  (enembreckbarthes2005.pdf)

Ghavamzadeh, M., S. Mahadevan, and R. Makar (2006).  Hierarchical Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 13:197-229.  (ghavamzadehetal2006.pdf)

Panait, L. and S. Luke (2005).  Cooperative Multi-Agent Learning: The State of the Art, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 11:387-434.  (panaitluke2005.pdf)

Plaza, E. and S. Ontañón (2006). Learning Collaboration Strategies for Committees of Learning Agents, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 13:429-461.  (plazaontanon2006.pdf)

Stone, P., R. S. Sutton, and G. Kuhlmann (2005).  Reinforcement Learning for RoboCup-Soccer Keepaway, Adaptive Behavior, 13(3):165-188.  (stoneetal2005.pdf)

Shoham, Y., R. Powers, and T. Grenager (2007).  If Multi-Agent Learning is the Answer, What is the Question?, Artificial Intelligence, 171(1):365-377.

Vidal, J. M. and E. H. Durfee (2003).  Predicting the Expected Behavior of Agents that Learn about Agents: The CLRI Framework, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 6(1):77-107.  (vidaldurfee2003.pdf)

Real-Time

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)

Bazzan, A. L. C. (2005).  A Distributed Approach for Coordination of Traffic Signal Agents, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 10:131-164.  (bazzan2005.pdf)

Monitoring

Kaminka, G. A., D. V. Pynadath, and M. Tambe (2002).  Monitoring Teams by Overhearing: A Multi-Agent Plan-Recognition Approach, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 17:83-135.  (kaminkaetal2002.pdf)

Monticino, M., M. Acevedo, B. Callicott, T. Cogdill, and C. Lindquist (2007).  Coupled Human and Natural Systems: A Multi-Agent-Based Approach, Environmental Modelling and Software, 22:656-663.

Nair, R., M. Tambe, S. Marsella, and R. Raines (2004).  Automated Assistants for Analyzing Team Behaviors, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 8(1):69-111.  (nairetal2004.pdf)

Wilkins, D. E., T. J. Lee, and P. Berry (2003).  Interactive Execution Monitoring of Agent Teams, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 18:217-261.  (wilkinsetal2003.pdf)

 

4.         Journals

 

Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems

Journal of Artificial Intelligent Research

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Applied Artificial Intelligence Journal

Artificial Intelligence

The Knowledge Engineering Review

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Machine Learning

Communication of ACM

AI Magazine