Table of Contents

• A Multi-Agent Intelligent Design System Integrating Manufacturing and Shop-Floor ControlSivaram Balasubramanian, Douglas H. Norrie. 3-9
• Motor Schema-Based Formation Control for Multiagent Robot TeamsTucker R. Balch, Ronald C. Arkin. 10-24
• COOL: A Language for Describing Coordination in Multi Agent SystemsMihai Barbuceanu, Mark S. Fox. 17-24
• Formal Specification of Multi-Agent Systems: A Real-World CaseFrances M. T. Brazier, Barbara Dunin-Keplicz, Nick R. Jennings, Jan Treur. 25-32
• The DRESUN Testbed for Research in FA/C Distributed Situation Assessment: Extensions to the Model of External EvidenceNorman Carver, Victor R. Lesser. 33-40
• Commitments: From Individual Intentions to Groups and OrganizationsCristiano Castelfranchi. 41-48
• Communication for Conflict Resolution in Multi-Agent Collaborative PlanningJennifer Chu-Carroll, Sandra Carberry. 49-56
• Multiagent Reasoning with Belief Contexts II: Elaboration ToleranceAlessandro Cimatti, Luciano Serafini. 57-64
• Communicative Actions for Artificial AgentsPhilip R. Cohen, Hector J. Levesque. 65-72
• Designing a Family of Coordination AlgorithmsKeith Decker, Victor R. Lesser. 73-80
• Knowledge-Based Distributed Search Using TeamworkJörg Denzinger. 81-88
• A Tool for Coordinating Autonomous Agents with Conflicting GoalsLove Ekenberg, Magnus Boman, Mats Danielson. 89-93
• A Tractable Heuristic that Maximizes Global Utility through Local Plan CombinationEithan Ephrati, Martha E. Pollack, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein. 94-101
• Coordination without Communication: Experimental Validation of Focal Point TechniquesMaier Fenster, Sarit Kraus, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein. 102-108
• A Model for Cooperative Transportation SchedulingKlaus Fischer, Jörg P. Müller, Markus Pischel, Darius Schier. 109-116
• Dilemmas in Computational SocietiesNatalie S. Glance, Tad Hogg. 117-124
• A Rigorous, Operational Formalization of Recursive ModelingPiotr J. Gmytrasiewicz, Edmund H. Durfee. 125-132
• Towards a Pragmatic Theory of InteractionsAfsaneh Haddadi. 133-139
• A Game-Theoretic Account of Collaboration in CommunicationKôiti Hasida, Katashi Nagao, Takashi Miyata. 140-147
• Multiagent Collaboration in Directed ImprovisationBarbara Hayes-Roth, Lee Brownston, Robert van Gent. 148-154
• Forming Coalitions for Breaking DeadlocksKatsutoshi Hirayama, Jun ichi Toyoda. 155-162
• Deciding When to Commit to Action During Observation-Based CoordinationMarcus J. Huber, Edmund H. Durfee. 163-170
• A Multi-Agent System for Controlling Building EnvironmentsBernardo A. Huberman, Scott H. Clearwater. 171-176
• How Agents Do It in Stream Logic ProgrammingMatthew M. Huntbach, Nick R. Jennings, Graem A. Ringwood. 177-184
• Two is Not Always Better than One: Experiences in Real-Time Bidirectional SearchToru Ishida. 185-192
• Reasoning about Belief Based on Common Knowledge of Observability of ActionsHideki Isozaki. 193-200
• The Emergence of Cooperation in a Society of Autonomous Agents - The Prisoner s Dilemma Game under the Disclosure of Contract HistoriesAkira Ito, Hiroyuki Yano. 201-208
• Self Organizational Approach for Integration of Distributed Expert SystemsTatsuaki Itoh, Takashi Watanabe, Takahira Yamaguchi. 209-216
• Synchronizing Multiagent Plans Using Temporal Logic SpecificationsFroduald Kabanza. 217-224
• Hierarchical and Lateral Coordination in MAS: An Analysis of Message Traffic FlowAlois Knoll, Jens Meinköhn. 225-232
• A Cooperation LanguageMichael Kolb. 233-238
• On Using KQML for MatchmakingDaniel Kuokka, Larry Harada. 239-245
• Exploiting Problem Structure for Distributed Constraint OptimizationJyi-Shane Liu, Katia P. Sycara. 246-253
• A Formal Framework for Agency and AutonomyMichael Luck, Mark d Inverno. 254-260
• Understanding Cooperation: An Agent s PerspectiveAndreas Lux, Donald Steiner. 261-268
• Unsupervised Multi-Agent Exploration of Structured EnvironmentsDario Maio, Stefano Rizzi. 269-275
• Time and the Prisoner s DilemmaYishay Mor, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein. 276-282
• A Simple Computational Market for Network Information ServicesTracy Mullen, Michael P. Wellman. 283-289
• Introducing the Blind Hunger Dilemma: Agents Properties and PerformanceChisato Numaoka. 290-296
• A Metalevel Coordination Strategy for Reactive Cooperative PlanningEiichi Osawa. 297-303
• Generalised Proof-Theory for Multi-Agent Autoepistemic ReasoningYongyuth Permpoontanalarp, John Yuejun Jiang. 304-311
• BDI Agents: From Theory to PracticeAnand S. Rao, Michael P. Georgeff. 312-319
• PARAgente: Exploring the Issues in Agent-Based User InterfacesJ. Alfredo Sánchez, Flávio S. Azevedo, John J. Leggett. 320-327
• Issues in Automated Negotiation and Electronic Commerce: Extending the Contract Net FrameworkTuomas Sandholm, Victor R. Lesser. 328-335
• Unsupervised Surrogate Agents and Search Bias Change in Flexible Distributed SchedulingSandip Sen, Edmund H. Durfee. 336-343
• DIDE: A Multi-Agent Environment for Engineering DesignWeiming Shen, Jean-Paul A. Barthès. 344-351
• Exploiting Social Reasoning to Deal with Agency Level InconsistencyJaime Simão Sichman, Yves Demazeau. 352-359
• Reusing Past Plans in Distributed PlanningToshiharu Sugawara. 360-367
• Recursive Agent and Agent-Group Tracking in a Real-Time Dynamic EnvironmentMilind Tambe. 368-375
• Recursive Agent Modeling Using Limited RationalityJosé M. Vidal, Edmund H. Durfee. 376-383
• Understanding the Emergence of Conventions in Multi-Agent SystemsAdam Walker, Michael Wooldridge. 384-389
• Distributed Scheduling of Multiagent CommunicationY. Xiang. 390-397
• Resource Contention in Multiagent SystemsMichael Youssefmir, Bernardo A. Huberman. 398-405
• Blissful Ignorance: Knowing Just Enough to Coordinate WellEdmund H. Durfee. 406-413
• Computational Organization ResearchLes Gasser. 414-415
• Parallel, Distributed and Multi-Agent Production Systems - A Research Foundation for Distributed Artificial IntelligenceToru Ishida. 416-422
• Developing Industrial Multi-Agent SystemsNicholas R. Jennings, Jose Manuel Corera, Iñaki Laresgoiti. 423-430
• Multiagent Planning as a Social Process: Voting, Privacy, and ManipulationJeffrey S. Rosenschein. 431-431
• Coordination of Multiple Intelligent Agents in the InfosphereKatia P. Sycara. 432-433
• Knowledge and Behavior in Multiagent SystemsStanislaw Ambroszkiewicz. 434
• A Multi-Agent Framework for Inter-Organizational ApplicationsMatthew Anderton, Jim Cunningham, Jeremy Pitt. 435
• Rational Balancing of Planning and Communication in the Dynamic Multi-Agents WorldSachiyo Arai. 436
• A Communication Protocol for Conflict ResolutionPierre Azéma, François Vernadat, Jean Luc Albacete. 437
• Linear Prediction in a Multi-Agent EnvironmentJoachim Baczewski, Mario Tokoro. 438
• A Game-Theoretic Approach to Distributed Control of Traffic SignalsAna L. C. Bazan. 439
• An Agent Approach for Case AdaptationRaghu R. Bhat. 440
• Linguistic Support for Agent MigrationRafael H. Bordini, Antônio Carlos da Rocha Costa, Jomi Fred Hübner, Rosa Maria Viccari. 441
• Map Making as a Support for CooperationFumihiko Chimura, Mario Tokoro. 442
• Distributed Flow Shop Scheduling Problem - Global versus Local OptimizationThouraya Daouas, Khaled Ghédira, Jean-Pierre Müller. 443
• The Consensus Scheduling Model: Negotiation among PeersWilliam B. Day. 444
• Actions with Typical Effects: Epistemic Characterization of ScenariosBarbara Dunin-Keplicz, Anna Radzikowska. 445
• Unifying Control in a Layered Agent ArchitectureKlaus Fischer, Jörg P. Müller, Markus Pischel. 446
• Deriving Goals and IntentionsGraça Gaspar, Helder Coelho. 447
• Agents as Reasoners, Observers, or Arbitrary BelieversEnrico Giunchiglia, Fausto Giunchiglia, Luciano Serafini. 448
• A Quantitative Analysis of the Contract Net ProtocolCheng Gu, Toru Ishida. 449
• Evolving Cooperation StrategiesThomas Haynes, Roger L. Wainwright, Sandip Sen. 450
• Distributed Symbolic-SubSymbolic Agent Architecture for Configuring Power Network FaultsRajiv Khosla, Tharam S. Dillon. 451
• An Agent Algebra for the Formal Description and Verification of Multi Agent SystemsAlexander Kick. 452
• Coalition-Based Cooperation between Intelligent Agents for a Contextual Recognition of Interdatabase DependenciesMatthias Klusch. 453
• Self-Organization Based on Coordinated Actions of Autonomous AgentsSatoshi Kurihara, Michio Okada. 454
• AgenTalk: Coordination Protocol Description for Multiagent SystemsKazuhiro Kuwabara, Toru Ishida, Nobuyasu Osato. 455
• Multiagent Coordination in Distributed Interactive Battlefield SimulationsJohn E. Laird, Randolph M. Jones, Paul E. Nielsen. 456
• A Microeconomic Approach to Intelligent Resource Sharing in Multiagent SystemsJaeho Lee, Edmund H. Durfee. 457
• A View on the Architecture and Design of Highly Autonomous and Situated AgentsJudith Masthoff, Rudy Van Hoe. 458
• Organic Programming for Multi-AgentsHideyuki Nakashima, Itsuki Noda, Ichiro Osawa. 459
• A Multi-Agent Approach to the Design of Coordination MechanismsCarla Simone, Monica Divitini, Kjeld Schmidt, Peter Carstersen. 460
• Some Principles in Designing Cooperative Architectures of Autonomous AgentsLorenzo Sommaruga, Nadia Catenazzi. 461
• Learning Coordination Plans in Distributed Problem-Solving EnvironmentsToshiharu Sugawara, Victor R. Lesser. 462
• An Agent Model in a Multiagent System Architecture for Automating Distributed SystemsWalt Truszkowski, Jidé B. Odubiyi, Ed Ruberton. 463
• Beyond Cooperation-ism and Competition-ism (Exploring Social Phenomena with a Generalized Tit-For-Tat Model)Elpida Tzafestas. 464
• VIENA: A Multiagent Interface to a Virtual EnvironmentIpke Wachsmuth, Britta Lenzmann, Yong Cao. 465
• Automated Multiagent Preference Aggregation Using Fuzzy QuantifiersRonald R. Yager. 466
• Asynchronous Weak-Commitment Search for Solving Large-Scale Distributed Constraint Satisfaction ProblemsMakoto Yokoo. 467
• The Consensus of Uncertainties in Distributed Expert SystemsMinjie Zhang, Chengqi Zhang. 468