Developing Intelligent Agent Systems: A Practical Guide

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. Agents and Multi-Agent Systems.

2. Concepts for Building Agents.

3. Overview of the Prometheus Methodology.

4. System Specification.

5. Architectural Design: Specifying the Agent Types.

6. Architectural Design: Specifying the Interactions.

7. Finalizing the Architectural Design.

8. Detailed Design: Agents, Capabilities and Processes.

9. Detailed Design: Capabilities, Plans and Events.

10. Implementing Agent Systems.

Appendix A: Electronic Bookstore.

Appendix B: Descriptor Forms.

Appendix C:The AUML Notaton.

Bibliography.

Index.