| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Homework |
| Aug. 25 |
Introduction to MultiAgent Systems |
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction
to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons;. 2002. Chapters 1-2.
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| Aug. 27 |
NetLogo for MAS |
NetLogo User's Manual
|
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| Sep. 1 |
No classes |
|
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| Sep. 3 |
Reasoning Agents |
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction
to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons;. 2002. Chapters 3-4.
|
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| Sep. 8 |
Reasoning Agents (cont.), Reactive and Hybrid Agents |
Ibid. Chapters 3-5 |
PS 1 due |
| Sep. 10 |
XML, RDF, DAML, and OWL |
Michel Klein. Tutorial: The
Semantic Web. IEEE Intelligent
Systems,(16)2. 2001.
Stefan Decker, Sergey Melnik, Frank Van
Harmelen, Dieter Fensel, Michel Klein, Jeen Broekstra, Michael
Erdmann, and Ian Horrocks. The Semantic
Web: The Roles of XML and RDF. IEEE Internet
Computing,(4)5. 2000.
Frank van Harmelen, Peter F. Patel-Schneider,
and Ian Horrocks. DAML+OIL
Walkthru. 2001.
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|
| Sep. 15 |
XML, RDF, DAML,
and OWL (cont.), Semantic Web
|
Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler, and Ora Lasilla. The Semantic Web. Scientific American, 2001.
James Hendler. Agents and the Semantic Web. IEEE Intelligent Systems, (16)2. 2001.
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|
| Sep. 17 |
DAML-S |
The DAML Services Coalition. DAML-S 0.6:
Technical Overview and WalkThrough
Massimo Paolucci and
Katia Sycara. Autonomous
Semantic Web Services. IEEE Internet Computing,
7(5):34--41, 2003.
Katia Scara Autonomous
Semantic Web Services. A presentation. Optional Reading
|
PS 2 due |
| Sep. 22 |
DAML-S (cont.), Agent Communication
|
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction
to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons;. 2002. Chapter 8
FIPA ACL Message Structure Specification. 2002.
FIPA Communicative Act Library Specification. 2002.
FIPA Contract Net Interaction Protocol Specification. 2002.
FIPA Iterated Contract Net Interaction Protocol Specification. 2002.
FIPA English Auction Interaction Protocol Specification. 2001.
James Odell, H. Van Dyke Parunak, and Bernhard Bauer. Representing Agent Interaction Protocols in UML. Paolo Ciancarini and Michael Wooldridge ed.In Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, p. 121--140, Springer-Verlag. 2001.
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| Sep. 24 |
Agent Communication (cont.), FIPA
|
Jonathan Dale and Ebrahim Mamdani.
Open
Standards for Interoperating Agent-Based Systems.
Software Focus, 1(2), 2001.
|
|
| Sep. 29 |
Game Theory
|
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction
to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons. 2002. Chapter 6.
Nikos Vlassis. A
Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed
AI. Chapter 3.
David Rondfelt, Social Science at 190MPH on NASCAR's Biggest Superspeedways. First Monday. 5(2), 2000. Optional reading, just for fun.
|
|
| Oct. 1 |
Game Theory (cont.),
Coordination
|
Nikos Vlassis. A
Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed
AI. Chapter 4.
|
PS 3 due |
| Oct. 6 |
Questions. |
|
|
| Oct. 8 |
Test 1 |
|
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| Oct. 13 |
No classes |
|
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| Oct. 15 |
Robocup, Biter
|
Stacy Marsella, Milind Tambe, Jafar Adibi,
Yaser Al-Onaiza, Gal A. Kaminka, and Ion Muslea. Experiences
Acquired in the Design of RoboCup Teams: A Comparison of Two
Fielded Teams. Journal of Autonomous Agents and
Multi-Agent Systems,(4)1/2:115--129, 2001.
Paul Buhler and José M. Vidal. Biter: A
Platform for the Teaching and Research of Multiagent Systems'
Design using RoboCup. A. Birk and S. Coradeschi and
S. Tadokoro ed.In RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup
V. LNCS/LNAI Lecture Notes Volume 2377,
Springer-Verlag. 2002.
Hrishikesh J. Goradia and José M. Vidal. Building Blocks for Agent Design. Paolo Giorgini ed.In Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Springer-Verlag. 2004.
|
|
| Oct. 20 |
Auctions
|
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons;. 2002. Chapter 7.2
Gerhard Weiss. Multiagent
Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial
Intelligence. MIT Press. 1999. Chapter 5.4
Peter R. Wurman,
Michael P. Wellman, and William E. Walsh. Specifying
Rules for Electronic Auctions. AI Magazine, Fall;
23(3):15--23, 2002.
Amy Greenwald and Peter Stone. Autonomous Bidding Agents in the Trading Agent Competition. IEEE Internet Computing,(5)2. 2001.
Tuomas Sandholm. An Algorithm for Winner Determination in Combinatorial Auctions. In Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, p. 542--547, 1999.
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|
| Oct. 22 |
Auctions (cont.)
|
Ibid.
|
PS 4 due |
| Oct. 28 |
Negotiation, Voting
|
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction
to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons;. 2002. Chapter
7.3
Gerhard Weiss. Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence. MIT Press. 1999. Chapter 5.1--5.3
Is there a fair voting system?. Scientific American asks the experts.
Economist. Democratic Symmetry: The Mathematics of Voting. The Economist,:83, 2000.
|
|
| Oct. 29 |
Agent Search |
Gerhard Weiss. Multiagent
Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial
Intelligence. MIT Press. 1999. Chapter 4.
Makoto Yokoo, Edmund
H. Durfee, Toru Ishida, and Kazuhiro Kuwabara. The
Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Formalization and
Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data
Engineering, 10(5):673--685, 1998.
Pragnesh Jay Modi, Wei-Min
Shen, Milind Tambe, and Makoto Yokoo. An
Asynchronous Complete Method for Distributed Constraint
Optimization. In Proceedings of Second International
Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent
Systems, July; 2003.
|
|
| Nov. 3 |
Agent Search (cont.)
|
Ibid.
|
|
| Nov. 5 |
Agent Search (cont.) |
Ibid. |
PS 5 due |
| Nov. 10 |
Learning in Multiagent Systems |
José M. Vidal.
Learning in multiagent
systems: An introduction from a game-theoretic perspective.
In Eduardo Alonso, editor, Adaptive Agents. Springer Verlag, 2003.
Gerhard Weiss. Multiagent
Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial
Intelligence. MIT Press. 1999. Chapter 6.
|
|
| Nov. 12 |
Learning in Multiagent Systems (cont.) Pitfalls of Agent Development |
Michael Wooldridge. Introduction
to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons;. 2002. Chapter
10
|
|
| Nov. 17 |
Introduction to Mechanism Design |
Nikos Vlassis. A
Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed
AI. Chapter 7.
|
|
| Nov. 19 |
Questions |
|
PS 6 due |
| Nov. 24 |
Test 2 |
|
|
| Nov. 26 |
No classes |
|
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| Dec. 1 |
SoccerBeans Q&A, led by Hrishikesh Goradia |
|
|
| Dec. 3 |
No class. Prepare for tournament. |
|
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| Dec. 5 |
Robocup Tournament |
|
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| Dec. 11 |
No classes |
|
FP due |
