Issues in Multi-Agent Systems

1. Agent Oriented Software Engineering .- Introduction.- Evaluation of agent methodologies.- The relevance of modeling in AOSE.- Testing, validation and verification of MAS software.- Current research in Multiagent Systems Product Lines.- Using AOSE for engineering holonic manufacturing systems.- A multi-agent system to manage knolwedge sources in software maintenance environments.- Conclusions.- 2. Ubiquitous computing, mobile environments.- Introduction.- Technology for Ambient Intelligence.- Context definition.- Ontology definition of context-based appliactions based on agents.- Social networks.- Mobility.- 3. Cognitive abilities in agents.- Introduction.- Planning as problem solving.- Memory and BDI.- Decision making.- Learning.- Conclusions.- 4. Trust and security.- Introduction.- Modeling reputation in MAS.- Organisational structures to improve trust and reputation.- Intelligent agents which manage reputation and trust.- Application of fuzzy contextual corrective filtering.- From models to testbeds: the ART testbed initiative.- Securing agents in practice.- Secure intelligent agents in smart offices.- Conclusions.- 5. Physical agents.- Introduction.- What are physical agents?- Deliberating while the physical world changes.- Applications.- Conclusions.- 6. Artificial social intelligence in MAS: from swarms to electronic institutions.- Artificial Social Intelligence.- Swarm intelligence.- Swarm intelligence applications: bar systems.- Swarm intelligence applications: a quality of service routing approach for DiffServ networks using ant colony optimization.- Electronic institutions.- Electronic institutions application: the fish market.- Electronic institutions application: the electricity market.- New trends in electronic institutions: dealing with openness, dynamicity and autonomy.- Conclusions.- 7.Agent applications in Tourism.- Introduction.- Turist@: agent-based proactive and personalised recommendation of cultural activities.- TourAgent.- A CBR-planning