Objective Coordination In Multi-agent System Engineering: Design And Implementation (lecture Notes In Computer Science)

Based On A Suitably Defined Coordination Model Distinguishing Between Objective (inter-agent) Coordination And Subjective (intra-agent) Coordination, This Book Addresses The Engineering Of Multi-agent Systems And Thus Contributes To Closing The Gap Between Research And Applications In Agent Technology. After Reviewing The State Of The Art, The Author Introduces The General Coordination Model Ecm And The Corresponding Object-oriented Coordination Language Stl++. The Practicability Of Ecm/stl++ Is Illustrated By The Simulation Of A Particular Collective Robotics Application And The Automation Of An E-commerce Trading System. Situated At The Intersection Of Behavior-based Artificial Intelligence And Concurrent And Distributed Systems, This Monograph Is Of Relevance To The Agent R&d Community Approaching Agent Technology From The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Point Of View As Well As For The Distributed Systems Community. Positioning -- Multi-agent Systems -- Coordination Models And Languages -- Ecm And Its Instances -- The Ecm Coordination Model -- The Stl Coordination Language -- The Stl++ Coordination Language -- The Agent & Co Coordination Language -- Case Studies In Stl++ -- Collective Robotics Simulation -- Trading System Simulation -- Conclusion. Michael Schumacher. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [137]-149). General relativity has become one of the central pillars of theoretical physics, with important applications in both astrophysics and high-energy particle physics, and no modern theoretical physicist's education should be regarded as complete without some study of the subject. This textbook, based on the author's own undergraduate teaching, develops general relativity and its associated mathematics from a minimum of prerequisites, leading to a physical understanding of the theory in some depth. It reinforces this understanding by making a detailed study of the theory's most important applications - neutron stars, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology - using the most up-to-date astronomical developments. The book is suitable for a one-year course for beginning graduate students or for undergraduates in physics who have studied special relativity, vector calculus, and electrostatics. Graduate students should be able to use the book selectively for half-year courses. Based on a suitably defined coordination model distinguishing between objective (inter-agent) coordination and subjective (intra-agent) coordination, this book addresses the engineering of multi-agent systems and thus contributes to closing the gap between research and applications in agent technology. After reviewing the state of the art, the author introduces the general coordination model ECM and the corresponding object-oriented coordination language STL++. The practicability of ECM/STL++ is illustrated by the simulation of a particular collective robotics application and the automation of an e-commerce trading system. Situated at the intersection of behavior-based artificial intelligence and concurrent and distributed systems, this monograph is of relevance to the agent R & D community approaching agent technology from the distributed artificial intelligence point of view as well as for the distributed systems community Introduction....Pages 1-8 Multi-Agent Systems....Pages 9-32 Coordination Models and Languages....Pages 33-52 The ECM Coordination Model....Pages 53-60 The STL Coordination Language....Pages 61-68 The STL++ Coordination Language....Pages 69-96 The Agent & Co Coordination Language....Pages 97-104 Collective Robotics Simulation....Pages 105-114 Trading System Simulation....Pages 115-120 Conclusion....Pages 121-124 Bernard F. Schutz. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [359]-365.