Beschreibung:
This book addresses agent-based computing, concentrating in particular on evolutionary multi-agent systems (EMAS), which have been developed since 1996 at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland. It provides the relevant background information on and a detailed description of this computing paradigm, along with key experimental results.
Preface.- Part I Concept and formal model: Contemporary methods of computational intelligence.- Agent-based computing.- Formal aspects of agent-based metaheuristics.- Part II Design and implementation: Agent-based and component inspirations.- Implementation aspects of agent-based computing systems.- AgE Computing Environment.- Part III Experimental results: EMAS in optimization problems.- Tuning of EMAS parameters.- Final remarks.- References.