This is the first textbook to be explicitly designed for use as a
course text for an undergraduate/graduate course on multi-agent
systems. Assuming only a basic understanding of computer science,
this text provides an introduction to all the main issues in the
theory and practice of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems. *
The companion Web Site includes sample exercises, lecture slidest and
hyperlinks to software referred to in the book * Introduces agents,
explains what agents are, how they are constructed and how they can
be made to co-operate effectively with one another in large-scale
systems * Introduces the main issues surrounding the design of
intelligent agents * Introduces a number of typical applications for
agent technology
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