Programming multi-agent systems : first international workshop, ProMAS 2003, Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 : selected revised and invited papers

"Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems have grown into a promising technology offering a credible alternative for the design of intelligent and cooperative systems. Recently, Efforts have been made to provide novel tools, methods, and frameworks to establish the necessary standards for wider use of MAS as a technology in itself, and not only as an attractive paradigm."--back cover.