Agents and Multi-Agent Systems in Construction

Agents and Multi-Agent Systems in Construction
Author: Chimay Anumba
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2007-04-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134242654

This book describes current advances and future directions in the theory and application of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. It is the product of an international effort involving a network of construction IT and computing researchers, investigating different aspects of agent theory and applications. The contributed chapters cover different perspectives and application areas, and represent significant efforts to harness emerging technologies such as intelligent agents and multi-agent systems for improved business processes in the AEC sector. The first four chapters cover the theoretical foundations of agent technology whilst the remaining chapters deal with the application of agent-based systems in solving problems in the construction domain.

Multi-Agent Systems and Applications

Multi-Agent Systems and Applications
Author: Michael Luck
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 1366
Release: 2001-06-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783540423126

This book presents selected tutorial lectures given at the summer school on Multi-Agent Systems and Their Applications held in Prague, Czech Republic, in July 2001 under the sponsorship of ECCAI and Agent Link. The 20 lectures by leading researchers in the field presented in the book give a competent state-of-the-art account of research and development in the field of multi-agent systems and advanced applications. The book offers parts on foundations of MAS; social behaviour, meta-reasoning, and learning; and applications.

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Total Pages: 7289
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Architectural Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Techniques

Architectural Design of Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Techniques
Author: Lin, Hong
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2007-05-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1599041103

"This book is a compilation of advanced research results in architecture and modeling issues of multi-agent systems. It serves as a reference for research on system models, architectural design languages, methods and reasoning, module interface design, and design issues"--Provided by publisher.

Cooperative Systems Design

Cooperative Systems Design
Author: Françoise Darses
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2004
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781586034221

A recent conference brought together researchers who contribute to the design of cooperative systems and their integration into organizational settings. The aim of the conference was to advance the understanding and modeling of collaborative work situations which are mediated by technological artefacts, and to highlight the development of design methodologies for cooperative work analysis and cooperative systems design. Papers from the conference reflect the multidisciplinary nature of this area, representing fields such as computer and information sciences, knowledge engineering, distributed artificial intelligence, organizational and management sciences, and ergonomics. There is no subject index. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Programming Multi-Agent Systems

Programming Multi-Agent Systems
Author: Rafael H. Bordini
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2006-03-20
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540326162

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems, ProMAS 2005, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands in July 2005 as an associated event of AAMAS 2005, the main international conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited articles are organized in topical sections on multi-agent techniques and issues, multi-agent programming, and multi-agent platforms and organization.

Collaborative Networked Organizations

Collaborative Networked Organizations
Author: Luis M. Camarinha-Matos
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2007-05-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1402078331

A research agenda for collaborative networks Purpose. Many practical application experiments and pilot cases nowadays provide evidence on what works and what still remains as a challenge for collaborative networked organizations (CNOs). The fast evolution of the information and communication technologies and in particular the so-called Internet technologies, also represents an important motivator for the emergence of new forms of collaboration. However, most efforts in this area are highly fragmented, considering only some partial facets and not a holistic perspective that would be required. We are therefore at a point in which it is necessary to define much more consolidated and sustainable research strategies for a second phase of research and development in this area. This book addresses the main disciplines involved in CNOs. It further synthesizes the views and opinions expressed by a large number of visionaries from the main disciplines involved in CNOs, and offers a comprehensive set of recommendations for the establishment of a research agenda on collaborative networks. As recognized experts in their specific areas, different authors in this book have presented work that is backed by a large number of research results, each focusing on specific facets of collaborative networks, and coming out of a large number of international and national projects.

Computational Science – ICCS 2008

Computational Science – ICCS 2008
Author: Marian Bubak
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 769
Release: 2008-06-11
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540693882

The three-volume set LNCS 5101-5103 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2008, held in Krakow, Poland in June 2008. The 167 revised papers of the main conference track presented together with the abstracts of 7 keynote talks and the 100 revised papers from 14 workshops were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the three volumes. The main conference track was divided into approximately 20 parallel sessions addressing topics such as e-science applications and systems, scheduling and load balancing, software services and tools, new hardware and its applications, computer networks, simulation of complex systems, image processing and visualization, optimization techniques, numerical linear algebra, and numerical algorithms. The second volume contains workshop papers related to various computational research areas, e.g.: computer graphics and geometric modeling, simulation of multiphysics multiscale systems, computational chemistry and its applications, computational finance and business intelligence, physical, biological and social networks, geocomputation, and teaching computational science. The third volume is mostly related to computer science topics such as bioinformatics' challenges to computer science, tools for program development and analysis in computational science, software engineering for large-scale computing, collaborative and cooperative environments, applications of workflows in computational science, as well as intelligent agents and evolvable systems.

Leading the Web in Concurrent Engineering

Leading the Web in Concurrent Engineering
Author: Parisa Ghodous
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 916
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781586036515

Contains papers on the advances in Concurrent Engineering research and applications. This book focuses on developing methodologies, techniques and tools based on Web technologies required to support the key objectives of Concurrent Engineering.

Designing with Multi-Agent Systems

Designing with Multi-Agent Systems
Author: Evangelos Pantazis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2024-02-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3110797437

The book presents a theoretical and technical background for applying MAS (Multi Agent Systems) in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. It focuses in the early design stage and makes use of domain specific data which relate to different design domains (structural, environmental, architectural design) to inform the agent behaviors. The proposed framework is applicable especially to design problems which traditionally require the close collaboration of engineers and architects.