Sistemas

Gerhard Weiss is Research Scientist in the Computer Science Department at the Technical University of Munich.

The book can be used for teaching as well as self-study, and is designed to meet the needs of both researchers and practioners. In view of the interdisciplinary nature of the field, it will be a useful reference not only for computer scientists and engineers, but social scientists and management and organization scientists as well.

This is the firts comprehensive introduction to multiagent systems and contemporary distributed artificial intelligence that is suitable as a textbook. The book provides detailed coverage of the basic topics as well as several more advanced ones.

Unlike traditional textbooks, the book brings together many leading experts, guaranteeing a broad and diverse base of knowledge and expertise. It emphasizes aspects of both theory and application, and provides many illustration and examples. Also included are thought-provoking exercices of varing degrees of difficulty and a twenty-page glossary of terms found in the study of agents, multiagent systems, and distributed artificial intelligence.