Game Theory and Decision Theory in Agent-Based Systems

1 Game Theory and Decision Theory.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Decision Theory.- 3 Game Theory.- 4 The Prisoner's Dilemma.- 5 Summary.- 2 Selecting Partners.- 1 Introduction.- 2 A Sample Problem.- 3 Coalition Formation.- 4 Payoff-structures of Partnerships.- 5 Selecting the Potentially most Beneficial Partnership for Limited Interactions.- 6 An Example Evaluation.- 7 Comparative Evaluation with a Decision Mechanism for Infinite Interactions.- 8 Evaluation Scenario.- 9 Experimental Results.- 10 Conclusions.- 3 Evolution of Agents with Moral Sentiments in an IPD Exercise.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Moral Sentiments in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma.- 3 The Unwitting Benefits of Altruism.- 4 An Evolutionary Setting for the Simulations.- 5 Playing with Moral Sentiments Secures the Survival of the Group.- 6 A Case for Benevolence in Agents.- 7 Conclusions.- 4 Dynamic Desires.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Utilities, Desires and Goals.- 3 An Example from Negotiation.- 4 Dynamic Logic.- 5 Future Research.- 6 Concluding Remarks.- 5 Emotions and Personality.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Decision-Theoretic Preliminaries.- 3 Emotional States and Personality.- 4 Conclusions and Future Work.- 5 Acknowledgements.- 6 Decision-Theoretic Approach to Game Theory.- 1 Background on Decision-Theoretic Approach to Game Theory.- 2 Knowledge Base Design.- 3 RMM's Solution Method.- 4 Rational Communication 109 5 Experiments in Air Defense Domain.- 6 Conclusions.- 7 Shopbot Economics.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Model.- 3 Sellers.- 4 Buyers.- 5 Shopbot.- 6 Related Work.- 7 Conclusions and Future Work.- Appendix: No Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium.- 8 Finding the Best Way to Join in.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Game Theoretic Foundations.- 3 The Accession Game.- 4 Solving More General Games.- 5 Conclusions.- 9 Shopbots and Pricebots inElectronic Service Markets.- 1 Introduction and Definitions.- 2 Our Model of an Electronic Service Market.- 3 Comparisons.- 4 Related Literature.- 5 Conclusions.- Appendix: The Derivation of Equilibrium for the

Michael Wooldridge is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Liverpool, UK. He obtained his PhD in 1992 for work in the theory of multiagent systems and has, since then, been active in multiagent systems research.