Cooperative multi-agent systems (MAS) are ones in which several agents attempt, through
their interaction, to jointly solve tasks or to maximize utility. Due to the interactions among the …

Surrogate assisted global optimization is gaining popularity. Similarly, modern advances in
computing power increasingly rely on parallelization rather than faster processors. This …

The study of multi-agent systems (MAS) focuses on systems in which many intelligent agents
interact with each other. These agents are considered to be autonomous entities such as …

This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and …

Abstract Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) has existed as a subfield of AI for less than
two decades. DAI is concerned with systems that consist of multiple independent entities that …

Agent-based systems technology has generated lots of excitement in recent years because
of its promise as a new paradigm for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing software …

Multirobot systems (MRS) are, nowadays, an important research area within robotics and
artificial intelligence and a growing number of systems have recently been presented in the …

Distributed Artificial Intelligence systems, in which multiple agents interact to improve their
individual performance and to enhance the systems' overall utility, are becoming an …

Multi-agent systems in complex, real-time domains require agents to act effectively both
autonomously and as part of a team. This dissertation addresses multi-agent systems …

Coordination, the process by which an agent reasons about its local actions and the
(anticipated) actions of others to try and ensure the community acts in a coherent manner, is …