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Agha, Gul, Peter Wegner, and Akinori Yonezawa, Research Directions in Concurrent Object-Oriented Programming. 544 pp., MIT Press. 1993. ISBN: 0262011395.
Agha, Gul. Actors: A Model of Concurrent
Computation in Distributed Systems. MIT Press. 1986. ISBN:
0262010925.
Agha, Gul ….. see also Carl Hewitt.
Avouris, Nicholas M. and Les Gasser (Editors). Distributed Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Praxis. Kluwer Academic Pub. 1993. ISBN: 0792315855.
Axelrod, Robert M The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration. Princeton Univ Press. 1997. ISBN: 0691015678.
Bigus, Joseph P. and Jennifer Bigus. Constructing Intelligent Agents With Java: A Programmer's Guide to Smarter Applications. Wiley. 1998. ISBN: 0471191353. The authors claim that several universities are using this book as the text in both undergraduate and graduate level classes on agents and applied AI. Mixed reviews from readers. Lots of source code and algorithms, but check out reviews at Amazon.com before buying to see if it fits your needs.
Bond, Alan H. and Les Gasser (Editors). Readings
in Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Morgan Kaufman
Publishers. 1988. ISBN: 093461363X.
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. (Editor). Software
Agents. Mit Press. 1997. ISBN: 0262522349.
Caglayan, Alper and Harrison
Colin G. Agent Sourcebook. Wiley & Sons. 1997.
ISBN: 0471153273.
This book is an excellent resource for IS managers and developers
who want to understand and begin working with the next generation
of commercial softare: agent technology. What is it? What does
it mean for commercial IS? What are the costs and benefits, the
promise and perils? The examples are especially useful to those
new to this powerful technology and its commercial application.
Casti, John L. Would-Be Worlds: How Simulation Is Changing the Frontiers of Science. Wiley. 1996. ISBN: 0471123080.
Cavedon, Lawrence, Anand Rao and Wayne Wobcke (Editors). Intelligent Agent Systems: Theoretical and Practical Issues: Based on a Workshop Held at Pricai'96,Cairns, Australia, August 26-30, 1996. Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540626867.
Cheong, Fah-Chun. Internet Agents: Spiders, Wanderers, Brokers, and 'Bots. New Riders Publishing. 1996. ISBN: 1562054635.
Chorafas, Dimitris N. Agent Technology Handbook. McGraw Hill. 1997. ISBN: 0070119236.
Cockayne, William R. and Michael Zyda. Mobile
Agents. Manning Assoc. 1997. ISBN: 0138582424.
Darling, David J. Computers of the Future: Intelligent Machines and Virtual Reality (Beyond 2000). Dillon Press. 1995. ISBN: 0382391691.
Dhar, Vasant and Roger Stein. Intelligent Decision Support Methods: The Science of Knowledge Work Prentice Hall.1997. ISBN: 0135199352.
Durfee, Edmund H. Coordination of Distributed Problem Solvers (Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 55) Martinus Nijhoff. 1988. ISBN: 089838284X.
Durlach, Nathaniel I. and Anne S. Mavor (Editors). Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges. Natl. Academy Press. 1995. ISBN: 0309051355.
Etzioni, Oren (Editor). Software Agents. American Assn. for Artificial Intelligence. 1994. ISBN: 0929280598.
European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World. Multi-Agent Rationality: 8th European Workshop. Maamaw'97, Ronneby, Sweden, May 1997. Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540630775.
Fr0lund, Svend. Coordinating Distributed Objects: An Actor-Based Approach to Synchronization. MIT Press. 1996. ISBN: 0262061880.
Haddadi, Afsaneh. Communication and Cooperation in Agent Systems: A Pragmatic Theory. Springer Verlag. 1996. ISBN: 3540610448.
Hewitt, Carl, Gul Agha (Editor). Concurrent Systems for Knowledge Processing: An Actor Perspective (Artificial Intelligence). MIT Press. 1992. ISBN: 0262081857. … see also Gul Agha.
Huhns, Michael N. and Munindar P. Singh. Readings in Agents. Morgan Kaufman Publishers. 1997. ISBN: 1558604952.
Holland, John H. Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity. Addison-Wesley. 1996. ISBN: 0201442302.
Ishida, Toru. Real-Time Search for Learning Autonomous Agents. Kluwer Academic.1997. ISBN: 0792399447.
Jennings, N. Cooperation in Industrial Multi-Agent Systems. World Scientific. 1994. ISBN: 9810216521.
Kandzia, Peter, Matthias Klusch (Editors). Cooperative Information Agents: First International Workshop, CIA '97 Kiel, Germany. Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540625917.
Kanerva, Pentti. Sparse Distributed Memory. Mit Press. 1988. ISBN: 0262111322.
Kauffman, Stuart. At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity. Oxford Univ Press. 1996. ISBN: 0195111303.
Knapik, Michael and Jay
Johnson. Developing Intelligent Agents for Distributed Systems:
Exploring Architecture, Technologies, and Applications.
McGraw-Hill.1998. ISBN: 0070350116.
This book is a comprehensive survey of agent technology explaining
the basic technology and how multiagent systens can solve difficult
problems. The book discusses virtually all aspects of agent technology
including artificial intelligence technologies like expert systems
and fuzzy logic, object-orientation, agent architectures, security,
client-server and peer-to-peer networks, the Internet and WWW,
languages (e.g., Java and Distributed Smalltalk), tools and development
environments, applications of agents and the future of the technology.
Kraetzschmar, Gerhard. Distributed Reason Maintenance for Multiagent Systems (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1229). Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540636064.
Lange, Danny B. and Mitsuru Oshima, IBM Research. Programming and Deploying Java Mobile Agents with Aglets. Information about the book. Addison-Wesley. 1998. ISBN: 0201325829. Written by the creators of the technology, this book is targeted to programmers who need a clear introduction to light weight Java mobile agents: aglets. Aglets automate many of the tasks users now perform and enable autonomous execution of programs on remote heterogeneous systems. Coverage includes the Aglets Framework, design patterns and security.
Laurel, Brenda. Computers as Theatre. Addison-Wesley. 1993. ISBN: 0201550601. This book presents a dramatic theory of human-computer activity. Laurel compliments the notion of direct manipulation with direct engagement as a means to fuse the design of applications and human interfaces as a single integrated process.
Laurel, Brenda.. The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design. Addison-Wesley. 1990. ISBN: 0201517973. This book includes works from more than fifty of the major thinkers and explorers in the field. The first section offers insights into the general issues, and is followed by "sermons" from those who have deeply influenced the field of human-computer interaction: Donald Norman, Nicholas Negroponte, Ted Nelson, Alan Kay, Jean-Louis Gassee, Timothy Leary, and Ben Schneiderman.
Leonard, Andrew. Bots: The Origin of a New Species. Hardwired. 1997. ISBN: 1888869054.
Leung, Ho-Fung. Distributed Constraint Logic Programming. World Scientific. 1993. ISBN: 9810214561.
Lesser, Victor and Les Gasser (Editors). Icmas-95: Proceedings: First Internatinal Conference on Multi-Agent Systems. June 12-14, 1995 San Francisco, California. Mit Press. 1995. ISBN: 0262621029.
Minsky, Marvin. The Society of Mind. Simon & Schuster (Paper). 1988. ISBN: 0671657135.
Moore, Ralph and Leslie L. Lesnick. Creating Cool Intelligent Agents for the Net. IDG Books.1996. ISBN: 1568848234.
Moravec, Hans. Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence. Harvard Univ Press. 1990. ISBN: 0674576187.
Muller, J. P., Michael J. Wooldridge , Nicholas Jennings (Editors). Intelligent Agents III: Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages: Ecai'96 Workshop (Atal) Budapest, Hungary, August 12-13, 1996 : Proceedings) Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540625070. (See also- Woolridge).
Muller, Jorg P. The Design of Intelligent Agents: A Layered Approach (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1177). Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540620036.
Nwana, Hyacinth Sama and Nader Azarmi (Editors). Software Agents and Soft Computing: Toward Enhancing Machine Intelligence: Concepts and Applications. Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540625607.
O'Hare, G. M. P., Nick Jennings and ni Jennings (Editors). Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Wiley. 1996. ISBN: 0471006750.
Oravec, Jo Ann. Virtual Individuals, Virtual Groups: Human Dimensions of Groupware and Computer Networking. Cambridge Univ Press. 1996. ISBN: 052145493X.
Perram, John W. and Jean-Pierre Muller (Editors). Distributed Software Agents and Applications: 6th European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, Maamaw'94, Odense, Denmark. Springer Verlag.1996. ISBN: 3540611576.
Peterson, David. Developing Smarter Intelligent Agents Using Java. McGraw-Hill.1998. ISBN: 0079136435.
Rogers, Joey. Object-Oriented Neural Networks in C. Academic Press. 1996. ISBN: 0125931158.
Rosenschein, Jeffrey S. and Gilad Zlotkin. Rules of Encounter: Designing Conventions for Automated Negotiation Among Computers. Mit Press. 1994 .ISBN: 0262181592.
Rothermel, Kurt and Radu Popescu-Zeletin. Mobile Agents: First International Workshop, Berlin, Germany, April 1997: Proceedings. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1219). Springer Verlag.1997. ISBN: 3540628037.
Russell, Stuart J. and Peter Norvig. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (The Intelligent Agent Book). Prentice Hall. 1995. ISBN: 0131038052.
Singh, Munindar P. Multiagent Systems: A Theoretical Framework for Intentions, Know-How, and Communications. (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, No 799). Springer Verlag. 1994. ISBN: 0387580263.
Small, Peter. Lingo Sorcery: The Magic of Lists, Objects and Intelligent Agents. Wiley. 1996. ISBN: 047196302X.
Smith, Reid G. A Framework for Distributed Problem Solving. Univ Microfilms. 1981. ISBN: 0835712184.
Stuart, Rory. The Design of Virtual Environments. McGraw Hill. 1996. ISBN: 0070632995.
Swift - Edited by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications S.C. Adaptive Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of the Bankai Workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 12-14 October 1992. Elsevier Science Ltd. 1993. ISBN: 0444898387. The focus is on banking and financial organizations.
Thalmam, Nadia Magnenat, Daniel Thalmam and Nadia Magnenat Thalmann. Artificial Life and Virtual Reality. Wiley. 1995. ISBN: 0471951463.
Thies, Dr. Wittig (Editor). Archon: An Architecture for Multi-Agent Systems. Ellis Horwood Ltd. 1993. ISBN: 0130444626.
Van De Velde, Walter and John W. Perram(Editors). Agents Breaking Away: 7th European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, Maamaw '96, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Springer Verlag. 1996. ISBN: 3540608524.
Vitek, Jan and Christian Tschudin. Mobile Object Systems : Toward the Programmable Internet : Second International Workshop, Mos '96, Linz, Austria, July 8-9, 1996. Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540628525.
Waldrop, M. Mitchell. Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos. Touchstone Books. 1993. ISBN: 0671872346.
Watson, Ian D. Applying Case-Based Reasoning: Techniques for Enterprise Systems. Morgan Kaufman Publishers. 1997. ISBN: 1558604626.
Watson, Mark. Al Agents in Virtual RealityWorlds: Programming Intelligent VR in C++. John Wiley. 1996. ISBN: 0471127086.
Watson, Mark. Programming Intelligent Agents for the Internet. McGraw-Hill. 1996. ISBN: 007912206X.
Watson, Mark Intelligent Java Programming for the Internet and Intranets. Morgan Kaufman Publishers. 1997. ISBN: 1558604200. This books provides a very basic introduction to artificial intelligence, and then goes straight to the development of intelligent applications via Java. The CD-ROM included with the book contains the Java class libraries used as Watson teaches by example throughout the book. This book is for serious programmers and developers who are ready for hands-on discovery in the worlds of distributed AI, neural nets, genetic algorithms, natural language processing, AI agents and expert systems for a range of applications.
Wayner, Peter. Agents Unleashed: A Public Domain Look at Agent Technology. AP Professional. 1995. ISBN: 012738765X.
Weiss, Gerhard and Sandip Sen (Editors). Adaption and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems: Ijcai '95 Workshop, Montreal, Canada, 1995, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 1996. ISBN: 3540609237.
Weiss, Gerhard (Editor). Distributed Artificial Intelligence Meets Machine Learning: Learning in Multi-Agent Environments: Ecai'96 Workshop Ldais, Budapest, Hungary. European Conference on Artificial Intelligence 1. Springer Verlag. 1997. ISBN: 3540629343.
Weiss, Sholom M. Predictive Data Mining: a practical guide. Morgan Kaufman Publishers. 1997. ISBN: 1558604030. (software version also being developed: 1-55860-478-2).
Werner, Eric andYves Demazeau (Editors). Decentralized A.I. 3: Proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, Kaiserlauten, Germany. North-Holland. 1992.ISBN: 0444896619.
Williams, Joseph. Bots and Other Internet Beasties. Sams. 1996. ISBN: 1575210169.
Wooldridge, M., J.P. Muller and M. Tambe (Editors). Intelligent Agents II: Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages: Ijcai'95 Workshop (Atal) Montreal, Canada, August 19-20, 1995 : Proceedings). Springer Verlag. 1996. ISBN: 3540608052. (See also Muller).
Zeigler, Bernard P. Object Oriented Simulation With Hierarchical Modular Models: Intelligent Agents and Endomorphic Systems. Academic Press. 1990. ISBN: 0127784527.
Zhang, Chengqi and Dickson Lukose (Editors).
Distributed Artificial Intelligence: Architecture and Modelling:
First Australian Workshop on DAI, Canberra, Act, Australia. Springer
Verlag. 1996. ISBN: 3540613145.