2. PRIMA 1999: Kyoto, Japan

Hideyuki Nakashima, Chengqi Zhang (Eds.): Approaches to Intelligent Agents, Second Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA '99, Kyoto, Japan, December 2-3, 1999, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1733 Springer 1999, ISBN 3-540-66823-3

Cooperation

Tadashige Iwao, Makoto Okada, Yuji Takada, Makoto Amamiya:
Flexible Multi-agent Collaboration Using Pattern Directed Message Collaboration of Field Reactor Model. 1-15
David Kinny:
Reliable Agent Communication - A Pragmatic Perspective. 16-31
Norihiro Ogata:
Formal Semantics of Acknowledgements, Agreements and Disagreements. 32-46
Shih-Hung Wu, Von-Wun Soo:
Making Rational Decisions in N-by-N Negotiation Games with a Trusted Third Party. 47-61
Zhongzhi Shi, Ju Wang, Hu Cao:
The Security Mechanism In Multiagent System AOSDE. 62-71

Mobility

Byung-Rae Lee, Kyung-Ah Chang, Tai-Yun Kim:
Remote Messaging Mechanism Supporting Agent Mobility Based on CORBA. 72-83
Minjie Zhang, Wei Li:
Persisting Autonomous Workflow for Mobile Agents Using a Mobile Thread Programming Model. 84-95
Takushi Sogo, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Toru Ishida:
Mobile Robot Navigation by Distributed Vision Agent. 96-110

Learning

Kazuteru Miyazaki, Shigenobu Kobayashi:
Rationality of Reward Sharing in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning. 111-125
Keiki Takadama, Masakazu Watabe, Katsunori Shimohara, Shinichi Nakasuka:
How to Design Good Results for Multiple Learning Agents in Scheduling Problems? 126-140
Yong S. Choi, Jaeho Lee, Suk I. Yoo:
Hierarchial Multi-agent Organization for Text Database Discovery. 141-153

Interfacing

Jung Jin Lee, Robert McCartney:
Predicting User Actions Using Interface Agents with Individual User Models. 154-169
Takeshi Ohguro, Sen Yoshida, Kazuhiro Kuwabara:
Gleams of People: Monitoring the Presence of People with Multi-Agent Architecture. 170-181

System Design

Tony White, Bernard Pagurek:
Distributed Fault Location in Networks Using Learning Mobile Agents. 182-196
Bouchaib Bounabat, Rahal Romadi, Salah Labhalla:
Designing Multi-Agent Reactive Systems: A Specification Method Based on Reactive Decisional Agents. 197-210
Xudong Luo, Chengqi Zhang, Ho-fung Leung:
A Class of Isomorphic Transformations for Integrating EMYCIN-Style and PROSPECTOR-Style Systems into a Rule-Based Multi-Agent System. 211-225
Takuo Suganuma, SungDoke Lee, Takuji Karahashi, Tetsuo Kinoshita, Norio Shiratori:
An Agent Architecture for Strategy-Centric Adaptive QoS Control in Flexible Videoconference System. 226-240