Monthly MultiAgent.com news for Sat Oct 15 03:17:06 2005


Latest news and new additions
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AgentLink's Roadmap
AgentLink's "Roadmap for Agent-Based Computing" has been updated.
It provides an assessment of the current situation with respect to the
status of agent technologies, and indicates key directions for future
development of the field.
<http://www.agentlink.org/roadmap/>

Platform for Multiagent Learning
This is a program for robustly testing your learning algorithm in a
multiagent scenario. It lets you test with a wide variety of games
(payoff matrices). It will run all the experiments and produce
visualizations. It runs on Matlab and needs GAMUT and Gambit.
<http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~kevinlb/malt/>

Combinatorial Auctions
by Peter Cramton (Editor), Yoav Shoham (Editor), Richard Steinberg
(Editor). The study of combinatorial auctions -- auctions in which
bidders can bid on combinations of items or "packages" -- draws on the
disciplines of economics, operations research, and computer
science. This landmark collection integrates these three perspectives,
offering a state-of-the art survey of developments in combinatorial
auction theory and practice by leaders in the field.
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262033429/multiagentcom>

Software Agent-Based Applications, Platforms and Development Kits
by Rainer Unland (Editor), Monique Calisti (Editor), Matthias
Klusch (Editor). This book introduces major agent platforms,
frameworks, systems, tools, and applications. Each system is described
by their developers in sufficient detail so that the reader can get a
good understanding of the architecture, functionality, and application
areas of the system. All systems are running systems. One main focus
of the book lies on agent platforms and toolkits. They form the basis
for the development of agent-based systems, thus, are a convenient
starting point for everybody who wants to apply agent
technology. Another focus lies on agent-based applications. These
systems prove that agent technology is mature enough to permit the
development of sophisticated applications, like electronic
marketplaces, environments for computer-supported cooperative work, or
transportation systems.
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3764373474/multiagentcom>

AAMAS
The autonomous agents and multiagent systems conference is to be
held 8-12 May 2006 in Future University-Hakodate Japan. Abstracts due
15 October 2005. Papers due 18 October 2005.
<http://www.fun.ac.jp/aamas2006/index.html>

ICIW
The International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and
Services is to be held 23-25 February 2006 in Guadeloupe, French
Caribbean. Papers due 30 September 2005.
<http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICIW06.html>

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News from the www.MultiAgent.com website.
Edited by Jose M. Vidal.