CSCE 782 Schedule: Fall 2005

Date Topic Reading Homework
Aug. 19 Multiagent Systems Introduction - Notes
  • Michael Wooldridge. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons. 2002. Chapters 1-2.
  • Nikos Vlassis. A Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI. September 2003. Chapter 1.
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    Aug. 22 NetLogo for Building Prototype Multiagent Systems - Notes NetLogo Programmer's Manual  
    Aug. 24 Multiagent Systems Introduction - Notes    
    Aug. 26 Reasoning Agents - Notes
  • Nikos Vlassis. A Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI. September 2003. Chapter 2.
  • Michael Wooldridge. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons; 2002. Chapters 3-4.
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    Aug. 29 Reasoning Agents - Notes    
    Aug. 31 Reactive and Hybrid Agents - Notes
  • Michael Wooldridge. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons. 2002. Chapter 5.
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    Sep. 2 Reactive and Hybrid Agents - Notes. Game Theory - Notes
  • 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.
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    Sep. 5 No Class    
    Sep. 7 Game Theory - Notes.    
    Sep. 9 Game Theory - Notes. Coordination - Notes
  • Nikos Vlassis. A Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI. Chapter 4.
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    Sep. 12 Negotiation - Notes
  • Michael Wooldridge. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons. 2002. (Chapter 7.3)
  • Randall Davis and Reid G. Smith. Negotiation as a Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving. Artificial Intelligence, 20p. 63--109, 1983.
  • Nicholas R. Jennings, Peyman Faratin, A. R. Lomuscio, Simon Parsons, Michael Wooldridge, and Carles Sierra. Automated Negotiation: Prospects Methods and Challenges. Group Decision and Negotiation, 10(2):199--215, 2001.
  • Mark Klein, Peyman Faratin, Hiroki Sayama, and Yaneer Bar-Yam. Negotiating Complex Contracts. Group Decision and Negotiation, March; 12p. 111--125, 2003.
  • PS 1 due
    Sep. 14 Negotiation - Notes    
    Sep. 16 Negotiation - Notes    
    Sep. 19 Auctions - Notes
  • Michael Wooldridge. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems. John Wiley and Sons. 2002. Chapter 7.2
  • Peter R. Wurman, Michael P. Wellman, and William E. Walsh. ;Specifying Rules for Electronic Auctions. AI Magazine, Fall; 23(3):15--23, 2002.
  • 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.
  • Muralidhar V. Narumanchi and Jose M. Vidal. Algorithms for Distributed Winner Determination In Combinatorial Auctions. In Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce VII, 2005.
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    Sep. 21 Auctions - Notes    
    Sep. 23 Auctions - Notes. Communications - Notes
  • Nikos Vlassis. A Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI. September 2003. Chapter 6.
  • Piotr J. Gmytrasiewicz and Edmund H. Durfee. Rational Communication in Multi-Agent Systems. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Journal, 4(3):233--272, 2001.
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    Sep. 26 Coalition Formation - Notes
  • Tuomas Sandholm, Kate Larson, Martin Anderson, Onn Shehory, and Fernando Tohme. Coalition Structure Generation with Worst Case Guarantees. Artificial Intelligence, 111(1-2):209--238, 1999
  • Onn Shehory and Sarit Kraus. Methods for Task Allocation via Agent Coalition Formation. Artificial Intelligence, May; 101(1-2):165--200, 1998
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    Sep. 28 Coalition Formation - Notes    
    Sep. 30 Mechanism Design - Notes
  • Nikos Vlassis. A Concise Introduction to Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI. September, 2003. Chapter 7
  • Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings, and David C. Parkes. Computational Mechanism Design: A Call to Arms. IEEE Intelligent Systems, January/February 18(6):40-47, 2003.
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    Oct. 3 Mechanism Design - Notes   PS 2 due
    Oct. 5 Mechanism Design - Notes, Voting - Notes    
    Oct. 7 No Class    
    Oct. 10 Questions    
    Oct. 12 Test 1    
    Oct. 14 No Class    
    Oct. 17 Distributed Constraints - Notes    
    Oct. 19 Distributed Constraints - Notes    
    Oct. 21 No Class    
    Oct. 24 Distributed Constraints - Notes   PS 3 due
    Oct. 26 Distributed Constraints - Notes    
    Oct. 28 Distributed Constraints - Notes    
    Oct. 31 Learning in Multiagent Systems - Notes    
    Nov. 2 Learning in Multiagent Systems - Notes    
    Nov. 4 Learning in Multiagent Systems - Notes    
    Nov. 7 GPGP and TAEMS - Notes    
    Nov. 9      
    Nov. 11      
    Nov. 14     PS 4 due
    Nov. 16 Questions    
    Nov. 18 Test 2    
    Nov. 21 No Class    
    Nov. 23 No Class    
    Nov. 25 No Class    
    Nov. 28 No Class. Work on Project.    
    Nov. 30 No Class. Work on Project.    
    Dec. 2 No Class. Work on Project.    
    Dec. 9 No Class. FP Due.   FP Due.

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