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List of Papers --------------
Ishida, Toru Bridging humans via agent networks
Ephrati, Eithan A non-manipulable meeting scheduling system
Shaw, Dr. Micheal J. Manufacturing information coordination and system integration by a multi-agent framework
Sen, Dr. Sandip Adaptive surrogate agents
Lander, Susan Information Sharing Among Heterogeneous Reusable Agents in Cooperative Distributed Search
Mason, Cindy Lea Introspection as Control in Result-Sharing Assumption-Based Reasoning Agents
Huhns, Michael Global Information Management via Local Autonomous Agents
Rao, Anand S. Multi-Agent Mental-State Recognition and its Application to Air Combat Modelling
Mueller, Joerg Integrating agent interaction into a planner-reactor architecture
Velthuijsen, Hugo Application of Distributed AI and Cooperative Problem Solving to Telecommunications
Finin, Tim KQML - A Language and Protocol for Knowledge and Information Exchange
Gmytrasiewicz, Piotr The Utility of Embedded Communications and the Emergence of Protocols
Decker, Keith Designing a family of coordination algorithms
Lizotte, Sylvain A Relation Graph Formulation for Relationships Among Agents
Liu, JyiShane Distributed Problem Solving through Coordination in a Society of Agents
Durfee, Dr. Edmund H. Distributed Problem Solving and Multi-Agent Systems: Comparisons and Examples
Luo, Magnus Qiangyi Strategies for Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems
Wooldridge, Michael Formalizing the Cooperative Problem Solving Process
Workshop Description --------------------
Distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) is concerned with the cooperative solution of problems in multi-agent intelligent systems with both computational and human agents. The central problem in DAI is how to achieve coordinated action among such agents, so that they can accomplish more as a group than individually.
The DAI workshop is dedicated to advancing the state of the art in this field. For over a decade now the workshop has gathered a relatively small group of active researchers for intensive discussions on the state of the art as well as fruitful directions for future exploration. Previous DAI Workshops have resulted in nine summaries published in AI Magazine, two volumes of edited papers published by Pitman/Morgan Kaufmann as well as special issues of the journals "Group Decision and Negotiation" and "IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics".
A wide range of research communities throughout the world are now addressing issues related to DAI. This include work on CKBS (cooperating knowledge-based systems), CSCW (computer-supported cooperative work), ICIS (intelligent cooperating information systems), GDSS (group decision support systems), CE (concurrent engineering), organizational sciences, social psychology, business process management, anthropology and so on. There is also increasing recognition of the need for collaboration support technology in many settings, as evidenced for example by the large international Intelligent Manufacturing System (IMS) Program which envisages future manufacturing facilities based on globally distributed autonomous and intelligent systems. Such potential application areas pose great challenges for DAI.
The goal of the 1994 DAI workshop is therefore "making connections": trying to better understand the connections between DAI and related fields as well as real-world problems. It is hoped that the workshop deliberations will help participants (1) develop a better understanding of the gaps between current theory and potential applications and (2) identify future research directions that integrate multi-disciplinary efforts to address these gaps.
Diverse perspectives and approaches are of interest including, but not limited to:
"real-world" DAI systems - case studies of implemented practical applications - principles for selecting and applying DAI ideas design of coordination-capable agents - task decomposition (speech act formalisms etc). - distributed reasoning and control - intelligent agents - conflict management/negotiation (game theory etc.) - agent models multi-agent learning - inductive - explanation-based societies of agents - design & behaviour - economic models implementational approaches - languages: object-based concurrent programming languages such as Actors and reflective languages - frameworks: ABE, MACE, AGORA, blackboard systems, distributed search and constraint satisfaction - infrastructures - integration of heterogeneous systems
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