Knowledge processing and decision making in agent-based systems constitute the key components of intelligent machines. The contributions included in the book are:
- Innovations in Knowledge Processing and Decision Making in Agent-Based Systems
- Towards Real-World HTN Planning Agents
- Mobile Agent-Based System for Distributed Software Maintenance
- Software Agents in New Generation Networks: Towards the Automation of Telecom Processes
- Multi-agent Systems and Paraconsistent Knowledge
- An Agent-based Negotiation Platform for Collaborative Decision-Making in Construction Supply Chain
- An Event-Driven Algorithm for Agents at the Web
- A Generic Mobile Agent Framework Toward Ambient Intelligence
- Developing Actionable Trading Strategies
- Agent Uncertainty Model and Quantum Mechanics Representation
- Agent Transportation Layer Adaptation System
- Software Agents to Enable Service Composition through Negotiation
- Advanced Technology Towards Developing Decentralized Autonomous Flexible Manufacturing Systems