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Negotiation and Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems: Fundamentals, Theories, Systems and Applications
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Editor: Fernando Lopes

Negotiation and Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems: Fundamentals, Theories, Systems and Applications

eBook: US $59 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $175
Printed Copy: US $146
Library License: US $236
ISBN: 978-1-60805-825-9 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-824-2 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2014
DOI: 10.2174/97816080582421140101
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Introduction

Agent technology has generated lots of excitement in the past decade. Currently, multi-agent systems (MAS) composed of autonomous agents representing individuals or organizations and capable of reaching mutually beneficial agreements through negotiation and argumentation are becoming increasingly important and pervasive.

Research on both automated negotiation and argumentation in MAS has a vigorous, exciting tradition. However, efforts to integrate both areas have received only selective attention in the academia and the practitioner literature. A symbiotic relationship could significantly strengthen each area’s progress and trigger new R&D challenges and prospects toward the advancement of automated negotiators and argumentation tools.

Negotiation and Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems presents the current state-of-the-art on the theory and practice of automated negotiation and argumentation in MAS. The eBook encourages the interaction between these two areas in data modelling and attempts to converge them toward mutual enhancement and synergism. Equally, the monograph brings together researchers and industry practitioners specialized in these areas to share R&D results and discuss existing and emerging theoretical and applied problems.

This book is intended as a textbook for graduate courses and a reference book for researchers, advanced-level students in Computers Science, and IT practitioners.

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eBook: US $59 Special Offer: US $175 Printed Copy: US $146 Library License: US $236

Contributors

Editor(s):
Fernando Lopes
LNEG–National Research Institute
Portugal



Co-Editor(s):
Helder Coelho
University of Lisbon
Lisbon
Portugal



Contributor(s):
Yazid Benazzouz
CEA, Leti
17 rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble cedex 9
France


David Boyle
Imperial College London
706, Electrical Engineering Building
London
SW7, 2AZ
UK


Henrique Lopes Cardoso
University of Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
Porto, 4200-465
Portugal


Helder Coelho
University of Lisbon
Bloco C6, Piso 3, Campo Grande
Lisbon, 1749-016
Portugal


Tinglong Dai
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh
PA, 15213
USA


John Debenham
University of Technology Sydney
Broadway
NSW, 2007
Australia


Tommaso Di Noia
Polytechnic of Bari
Via Orabona 4
Bari, 70125
Italy


Eugenio Di Sciascio
Polytechnic of Bari
Via Orabona 4
Bari, 70125
Italy


Yannis Dimopoulos
University of Cyprus
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Nicosia, CY-1678
Cyprus


Francesco Donini
Universit`a della Tuscia
Via S.Carlo 32
Viterbo, 01100
Italy


Nicola Gatti
Polytechnic of Milan
Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32
Milan, 20133
Italy


Victor Lesser
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
MA, 01003
USA


Fernando Lopes
LNEG-National Research Institute
Estrada do Pac¸o do Lumiar 22
Lisbon, 1649-038
Portugal


Peter McBurney
King’s College London
Strand
London, WC2R 2LS
UK


Roberto Mirizzi
Polytechnic of Bari
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Bari, 70125
Italy


Hugo Morais
Polytechnic of Porto
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Porto, 4200-072
Portugal


Pavlos Moraitis
Paris Descartes University
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Paris, 75270 Cedex 06
FR


Enrico Oliva
University of Bologna
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Cesena, 47023
Italy


Eugénio Oliveira
University of Porto
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Porto, 4200-465
Portugal


Andrea Omicini
University of Bologna
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Cesena, 47023
Italy


Eva Onaindia
Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia
Camino de Vera s/n
Val`encia, 46011
Spain


Tiago Pinto
Polytechnic of Porto
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Porto, 4200-072
Portugal


Isabel Praça
Polytechnic of Porto
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Porto, 4200-072
Portugal


Azzurra Ragone
Polytechnic of Bari
Via Orabona 4
Bari, 70125
Italy


Ana Paula Rocha
University of Porto
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Porto, 4200-465
Portugal


Oscar Sapena
Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia
Camino de Vera s/n
Val`encia, 46011
Spain


Jiaying Shen
SRI International
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USA


Carles Sierra
IIIA, CSIC
Campus UAB, Bellaterra
Catalonia, 08193
Spain


Jaime Simão Sichman
University of S˜ao Paulo
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S˜ao Paulo
SP, 05508-970
Brazil


Katia Sycara
Carnegie Mellon University
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Pittsburgh
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USA


Alejandro Torreño
Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia
Camino de Vera s/n
Val`encia, 46011
Spain


Joana Urbano
University of Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
Porto, 4200-465
Portugal


Zita Vale
Polytechnic of Porto
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Porto, 4200-072
Portugal


Mirko Viroli
University of Bologna
Via Venezia 52
Cesena, 47023
Italy


IngoWeber
University of New South Wales UNSW
Sydney
NSW, 2052
Australia


Xiaoqin Shelley Zhang
Univ. Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd
North Dartmouth
MA, 02747-2300
USA



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