Knowledge Processing and Decision Making in Agent-Based Systems (Studies in Computational Intelligence, 170)

Knowledge processing and decision making in agent-based systems constitute the key components of intelligent machines. The contributions included in the book are:

• Innovations in Knowledge Processing and Decision Making in Agent-Based Systems
• Towards Real-World HTN Planning Agents
• Mobile Agent-Based System for Distributed Software Maintenance
• Software Agents in New Generation Networks: Towards the Automation of Telecom Processes
• Multi-agent Systems and Paraconsistent Knowledge
• An Agent-based Negotiation Platform for Collaborative Decision-Making in Construction Supply Chain
• An Event-Driven Algorithm for Agents at the Web
• A Generic Mobile Agent Framework Toward Ambient Intelligence
• Developing Actionable Trading Strategies
• Agent Uncertainty Model and Quantum Mechanics Representation
• Agent Transportation Layer Adaptation System
• Software Agents to Enable Service Composition through Negotiation
• Advanced Technology Towards Developing Decentralized Autonomous Flexible Manufacturing Systems