Introduction

what is an agent?
agents and expert systems
typical application areas for agent systems

what is an agent?
agents and distributed systems

Intelligent Agents

the design of intelligent agents-reasoning agents (eg AgentO)
hybrid agents(eg PRS)
a contemporary(Java-based) framework for programming agents (eg the Jack language, the JAM! system)

agents as reactive systems (eg subsumption architecture)
layered agents (eg Interrap)

Multi-Agent Systems

Classifying multi-agent interactions - cooperative versus non-cooperative
what is cooperation?how cooperation occurs - the Prisoner's dilemma and Axelrod's experiments
Interactions between benevolent agents:cooperative distributed problem solving (CDPS)
coherence and coordination
KQML/KIF

zero-sum and other interactions
Interactions between self-interested agents: auctions & voting systems:negotiation
partial global planning
Interaction languages and protocols: speech acts
the FIPA framework

Advanced topics

One issue selected from the contemporary research literature

perhaps by guest lecturer

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