Distributed Intelligent Systems
ENSC 891-3
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to special topics in multi-agent systems and distributed AI and distributed algorithms. A project will be selected by the student to strengthen understanding. The course is intended for graduate students in Engineering Science.
Course Objectives
This course is intended to provide background for graduate research in distributed intelligent systems.
Prerequisites
Permission of the instructor
References
- Joel M. Crichlow, The Essence of Distributed Systems, 1999
- Gerhard Weiss, Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence, MIT Press, 2001
- G.M.P. O'Hare and N.R. Jennings, Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence, 1996
- Afsaneh Haddadi, Communication and Cooperation in Agent Systems: A Pragmatic Theory, 1996
- Ti-Yen Yen and Wayne Wolf, Hardware-Software Co-synthesis of Distributed Embedded Systems, 1996
- Gerard Tel, Introduction to Distributed Algorithms, 1994.
- Selected journal articles and conference proceedings
Presentations
Introduction to Distributed Systems - February 2003
Introduction to Multi-Agent Systems - March 2003
Recursive Propagation Scheduling for Holonic Systems - March 2003
Contract Net Protocol - July 25, 2003
Contract Net Protocol - September 13, 2003
Ad-Hoc Networking - June 3, 2004
Abstract State Machines and ASML, January 18, 2005
Course Webpage
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