Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Content: 
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
Foreword, Pages v-ix
Chapter 1 - Decision Procedures, Pages 3-28
Chapter 2 - Cooperation Through Communication in a Distributed Problem Solving Network, Pages 29-58
Chapter 3 - Instantiating Descriptions of Organizational Structures, Pages 59-96
Chapter 4 - The Architecture of the Agora Environment, Pages 99-117
Chapter 5 - MACE: A Flexible Testbed for Distributed AI Research, Pages 119-152
Chapter 6 - AF: A Framework for Real-Time Distributed Cooperative Problem Solving, Pages 153-175
Chapter 7 - A Connectionist Encoding of Semantic Networks, Pages 177-202
Chapter 8 - Semi-Applicative Programming: Examples of Context Free Recognizers, Pages 203-245
Chapter 9 - DAI for Document Retrieval: The MINDS Project, Pages 249-283
Chapter 10 - Manufacturing Experience with the Contract Net, Pages 285-310
Chapter 11 - Participant Systems for Cooperative Work, Pages 311-339
Chapter 12 - Distributed Artificial Intelligence: An Annotated Bibliography, Pages 341-374