{"product_id":"teamwork-in-multiagent-systems-9780470699881","title":"Teamwork in MultiAgent Systems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat makes teamwork tick?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eCooperation matters, in daily life and in complex applications. After all, many tasks need more than a single agent to be effectively performed. Therefore, teamwork rules!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeams are social groups of agents dedicated to the fulfilment of particular persistent tasks. In modern multiagent environments, heterogeneous teams often consist of autonomous software agents, various types of robots and human beings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeamwork in Multi-agent Systems: A Formal Approach\u003c\/i\u003e explains teamwork rules in terms of agents'' attitudes and their complex interplay. It provides the first comprehensive logical theory, TeamLog, underpinning teamwork in dynamic environments. The authors justify design choices by showing TeamLog in action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book guides the reader through a fascinating discussion of issues essential for teamwork to be successful:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is teamwork, and how can a logical view of it help in designing teams of age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In sum, the prospective contribution of this book is expected to have an impact on a number of aspects that revolve around the modeling and simulation of teamwork, both from theory and application issues. Therefore, I recommend it to researchers in computer sciences, organization theory and social psychology who are interested in collective thinking, collaborative work and organizational phenomena, as well as to practitioners who deal everyday with the challenge of managing teams in many different settings.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation\u003c\/i\u003e, February 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors.  \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Teamwork in Multi-Agent Environments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Autonomous Agents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Multi-Agent Environments as a Pinnacle of Interdisciplinarity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Why Teams of Agents?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The Many Flavors of Cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Agents with Beliefs, Goals and Intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 From Individuals to Groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Group Attitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 A Logical View on Teamwork: TEAMLOG.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9 Teamwork in Times of Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.10 Our Agents are Planners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.11 Temporal or Dynamic?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.12 From Real-World Data to Teamwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.13 How Complex are Models of Teamwork?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Beliefs in Groups.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Awareness is a Vital Ingredient of Teamwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Perception and Beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Language and Models for Beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Axioms for Beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Axioms for Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Relations between Knowledge and Belief.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Levels of Agents’ Awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Collective Intentions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Intentions in Practical Reasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Language and Models for Goals and Intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Goals and Intentions of Individual Agents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Collective Intention Constitutes a Group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Definitions of Mutual and Collective Intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Collective Intention as an Infinitary Concept.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Alternative Definitions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 The Logic of Mutual Intention TeamLogmint is Complete.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Related Approaches to Intentions in a Group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 A Tuning Machine for Collective Commitments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Collective Commitment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Language and Kripke Semantics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Building Collective Commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Tuning Collective Commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Different Notions of Collective Commitment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Topologies and Group Commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Summing up TeamLog: The Static Part of the Story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Reconfiguration in a Dynamic Environment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Dealing with Dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Four Stages of Teamwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 The Reconfiguration Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Case Study of Teamwork: Theorem Proving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Evolution of Commitments during Reconfiguration.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 A Formal View on Commitment Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Individual Actions and Social Plan Expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Kripke Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Dynamic Description of Teamwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Evolution of Commitments During Reconfiguration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 TeamLog Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 A Case Study in Environmental Disaster Management.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 A Bridge from Theory to Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 The Case Study: Ecological Disasters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Global Plans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Adjusting the TeamLog Definitions to the Case Study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Dialogue in Teamwork.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Dialogue as a Synthesis of Three Formalisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Dialogue Theory and Dialogue Types.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Zooming in on Vital Aspects of Dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Information Seeking During Potential Recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Persuasion During Team Formation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Deliberation During Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Dialogues During Team Action.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Complexity of Teamlog.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Computational Complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Logical Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Complexity of TeamLogind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Complexity of the System TeamLog.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Discussion and Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Appendix A.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 Axiom Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 An Alternative Logical Framework for Dynamics of Teamwork: Computation Tree Logic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525389623639,"sku":"9780470699881","price":75.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470699881.jpg?v=1731860329","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teamwork-in-multiagent-systems-9780470699881","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}