A Class of Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimization

A Class of Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimization

Author: Adrian Petcu

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 158603989X

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Addresses three major issues that arise in Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOP): efficient optimization algorithms, dynamic and open environments, and manipulations from self-interested users. This book introduces a series of DCOP algorithms, which are based on dynamic programming.


Multi-Agent Systems

Multi-Agent Systems

Author: Ariel Rosenfeld

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-20

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 3030822540

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This book constitutes the revised post-conference proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, EUMAS 2021. The conference was held online in June, 2021. 16 full papers are presented in this volume, each of which carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 51 submissions. The papers report on both early and mature research and cover a wide range of topics in the field of multi-agent systems.


Multiagent Systems

Multiagent Systems

Author: Gerhard Weiss

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2013-03-08

Total Pages: 917

ISBN-13: 0262018896

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This is the first comprehensive introduction to multiagent systems and contemporary distributed artificial intelligence that is suitable as a textbook.


Computational Logistics

Computational Logistics

Author: Rosa G. González-Ramírez

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 3319114212

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2014, held in Valparaiso, Chile, in September 2014. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They are organized in topical sections entitled: optimization of transport problems; container terminal applications; simulation and environmental sustainability applications.


Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning Via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

Distributed Optimization and Statistical Learning Via the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers

Author: Stephen Boyd

Publisher: Now Publishers Inc

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 160198460X

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Surveys the theory and history of the alternating direction method of multipliers, and discusses its applications to a wide variety of statistical and machine learning problems of recent interest, including the lasso, sparse logistic regression, basis pursuit, covariance selection, support vector machines, and many others.


Distributed Constraint Problem Solving and Reasoning in Multi-agent Systems

Distributed Constraint Problem Solving and Reasoning in Multi-agent Systems

Author: Weixiong Zhang

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781586034566

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Distributed and multi-agent systems are becoming more and more the focus of attention in artificial intelligence research and have already found their way into many practical applications. An important prerequisite for their success is an ability to flexibly adapt their behavior via intelligent cooperation. Successful reasoning about and within a multiagent system is therefore paramount to achieve intelligent behavior. Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (DCSPs) and Distributed Constraint Optimization (minimization) Problems (DCOPs) are perhaps ubiquitous in distributed systems in dynamic environments. Many important problems in distributed environments and systems, such as action coordination, task scheduling and resource allocation, can be formulated and solved as DCSPs and DCOPs. Therefore, techniques for solving DCSPs and DCOPs as well as strategies for automated reasoning in distributed systems are indispensable tools in the research areas of distributed and multi-agent systems. They also provide promising frameworks to deal with the increasingly diverse range of distributed real world problems emerging from the fast evolution of communication technologies.The volume is divided in two parts. One part contains papers on distributed constraint problems in multi-agent systems. The other part presents papers on Agents and Automated Reasoning.


Agent and Multi-Agent Systems in Distributed Systems - Digital Economy and E-Commerce

Agent and Multi-Agent Systems in Distributed Systems - Digital Economy and E-Commerce

Author: Anne Hakansson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 3642352081

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Information and communication technology, in particular artificial intelligence, can be used to support economy and commerce using digital means. This book is about agents and multi-agent distributed systems applied to digital economy and e-commerce to meet, improve, and overcome challenges in the digital economy and e-commerce sphere. Agent and multi-agent solutions are applied in implementing real-life, exciting developments associated with the need to eliminate problems of distributed systems. The book presents solutions for both technology and applications, illustrating the possible uses of agents in the enterprise domain, covering design and analytic methods, needed to provide a solid foundation required for practical systems. More specifically, the book provides solutions for the digital economy, e-sourcing clusters in network economy, and knowledge exchange between agents applicable to online trading agents, and security solutions to both digital economy and e-commerce. Furthermore, it offers solutions for e-commerce, such as, mapping and alignment of ontologies for business, negotiation, automated auctions, recommender systems to support traders in business activities, and game simulations.


Multi-agent Optimization

Multi-agent Optimization

Author: Angelia Nedić

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 3319971425

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This book contains three well-written research tutorials that inform the graduate reader about the forefront of current research in multi-agent optimization. These tutorials cover topics that have not yet found their way in standard books and offer the reader the unique opportunity to be guided by major researchers in the respective fields. Multi-agent optimization, lying at the intersection of classical optimization, game theory, and variational inequality theory, is at the forefront of modern optimization and has recently undergone a dramatic development. It seems timely to provide an overview that describes in detail ongoing research and important trends. This book concentrates on Distributed Optimization over Networks; Differential Variational Inequalities; and Advanced Decomposition Algorithms for Multi-agent Systems. This book will appeal to both mathematicians and mathematically oriented engineers and will be the source of inspiration for PhD students and researchers.


Proceedings of the 2023 4th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2023)

Proceedings of the 2023 4th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2023)

Author: Suhaiza Hanim Binti Dato Mohamad Zailani

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 1820

ISBN-13: 9464632569

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This is an open access book.Management science aims to study the dynamic study of human use of limited resources in management activities to achieve organizational goals: complex and innovative social behavior and its laws. And engineering management refers to the management of important and complex new products, equipment and devices in the process of development, manufacturing and production, and also includes the study and management of technological innovation, technological transformation, transformation, transformation, layout and strategy of industrial engineering technology development. The development or breakthrough of management theory is accompanied by the development and progress of science and technology, and the level of science and technology and the level of management theory in each historical period are mutually adaptive, and it can be said that the progress of science and technology plays an important role in promoting the development of management. At the same time, the rapid development and progress of science and technology give a strong injection to the development of engineering, and provide the possibility for engineering construction can use new technology, new equipment, new technology and new materials. Modern management is an important development direction of management science nowadays. And the use of modern management in engineering has an important role in saving social costs, ensuring project quality, and improving safety awareness and behavior. ICMSEM 2023 will focus on modern management, discuss about the benefits that modernization brings to engineering. ICMSEM 2023 aims to: Develop and advance management science through the study and application of certain issues. Open up new perspectives in the sharing of speakers and inspire the audience to new ways of managing in engineering. Create a forum for sharing, research and exchange at the international level, so that the participants can be informed of the latest research directions, results and contents of management science, which will inspire them to new ideas for research and practice.


Applications for Future Internet

Applications for Future Internet

Author: Enrique Sucar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 3319496220

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Summit on Applications for Future Internet, AFI 2016, held in Puebla, Mexico, in May 2016. The 21 papers presented were carefully selected from 29 submissions and focus on the usage of Future Internet in the biological and health sciences as well as the increased application of IoT devices in fields like smart cities, health and agriculture.