Spring 2017
MWF 1:00pm
Engineering D 131
Agent-based Systems
Instructor: Henry Hexmoor
Online at D2L
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Spring 2017 |
Last Update: January 19, 2017
Course Description: Agent-based systems are commonplace in environments characterized by distributed, collaborative, and autonomous units. The techniques and algorithms of agent-based systems and multiagent systems are presented. Real world applications are explored. A series of assignments will deepen student appreciation.
Objectives:
Lectures in this calss will not cover internet programming, setting up ecommerce sites, or developing web pages. The term projects could include these activities. The lectures will focus on enabling concepts, models and theories.
Please use Desire to Learn system (D2L) for contents and discussions.
Course administration and grading. The course will be run as an online distance class. Five homeworks (60 points in all) each worth 12/100 points to be submitted to D2L. A single term programming project in netlogo will worth 40/100 points to be demonstrated twice in-person at mid-term and at semester end (dates to be announced on D2L) with report submitted to D2L.
Projects: For simulation, you may use netlogo platform. Although it is different from netlogo, a good tutorial is available on starlogo that can serve as a good starting point.
For a introduction to social simulation read Prof. Nigel Gilbert's paper.
Who should attend and prerequisites. We welcome CS graduate students with some background in AI and a strong interest in multiagent systems research. Graduate students in all other closely related sciences who are interested in projects or independent studies are also encouraged to participate. Graduate students may select thesis topics. Senior undergraduate CS students who have taken CS330 with a grade of C or better are also welcome. A group project is an integral part of this course for undergraduate srtudents.
Important Dates:
Required Textbook:
Multiagent Systems:
Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations, try the ebook version of this book.
Hexmoor's KIMAS 2003 slides
Recommended Textbook:
S.F. Railsback and V. Grimm, 2011. Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction, Princeton University Press.
Michael J. Wooldridge, 2009. Introduction to MultiAgent Systems, John Wiley & Sons; 2st edition.
Jose Vidal's online textbook: Fundamentals of Multiagent Systems
IFAAMAS (Parent organization and AAMAS proceedings)
Recommended textbooks:
Gerhard Weiss (Ed), 2013. Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence, MIT press, ISBN 978-0-262-01889-0.
Sabine Payr, Robert Trappl (Editors), Agent Culture: Human-Agent Interaction in a Multicultural World, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ISBN: 0805848088 Gerhard Weiss, 2000.
Partial Reading List:
BDI--
1. Michael Bratman, 1999. Intention, Plans, and Practical Reason, MIT press.
2. Michael Wooldridge, Rational Agents, MIT Press.
3. Brian Chellas, 1980. Modal Logic.Cambridge University Press.
4. D. Dennett, 1989. The Intentional Stance., MIT Press.
5. H. Raiffa, The Art and Science of Negotiation, Harvard University Press.
Game Theory--
6. Ken Binmore, 2007. Playing for Real: A Text on Game Theory, Oxford university Press.
7. J.D. Willimas, The complete Strategyst, Rand Corp.
8. Len Fisher, Rock, Paper, Scissors,
Trust--
9. C. Castelfranchi and Y.H. Tan, Trust and Deception in Virtual Societies, Kluwer.
10. K. Cook, Trust in Society, Russell Sage Foundation.
Autonomy--
11. Hexmoor, C. Castelfranchi, R. Falcone. Agent Autonomy, Kluwer.
Sociality--
12. R. Conte, C. Dellarocas, Social Order in Multiagent Sustems, Kluwer.
13. Dautenhahn, Bond, Canamero, Edmonds. Socially Intelligent Agents, Kluwer.
14. S. Payr, R. Trappl, Agent Culture, Lawrence Earlbaum.
Emergency Procedures: Southern Illinois University Carbondale is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for study and work. Because some health and safety circumstances are beyond our control, we ask that you become familiar with the SIUC Emergency Response Plan and Building Emergency Response Team (BERT) program. Emergency response information is available on posters in buildings on campus, available on BERT's website at www.bert.siu.edu, Department of Safety's website www.dps.siu.edu (disaster drop down) and in Emergency Response Guideline pamphlet. Know how to respond to each type of emergency.
Useful Links:
To find research papers, citeseer
and Multiagent.com
Email: Henry Hexmoor