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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marco Mamei , Franco ZambonelliPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783642066238ISBN 10: 3642066232 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 22 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsThe Scenario.- Upcoming Information Technology Scenarios.- The Role of Coordination and the Inadequacy of Current Approaches.- Modeling Field-based Coordination.- Field-Based Coordination.- Co-Fields and Motion Coordination.- Implementing Field-based Coordination.- Commercial Off-The-Shelf Implementations.- Tuples On The Air (TOTA).- Advanced Applications.- Content-Based Information Access and Coordination.- Self-Assembly in Mobile and Modular Robots.- The Cloak of Invisibility.- Conclusions.ReviewsFrom the reviews: This volume is an excellent summary of the state of research to date; a concise guide for new adopters of field-based coordination; and a stimulating survey of potential research areas. It will be valuable both as a textbook for advanced undergraduate courses in multiagent systems and as a reference for active researchers in the field. (H. Van Dyke Parunak, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2011) From the reviews: This volume is an excellent summary of the state of research to date; a concise guide for new adopters of field-based coordination; and a stimulating survey of potential research areas. It will be valuable both as a textbook for advanced undergraduate courses in multiagent systems and as a reference for active researchers in the field. (H. Van Dyke Parunak, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2011) From the reviews: “This volume is an excellent summary of the state of research to date; a concise guide for new adopters of field-based coordination; and a stimulating survey of potential research areas. It will be valuable both as a textbook for advanced undergraduate courses in multiagent systems and as a reference for active researchers in the field.” (H. Van Dyke Parunak, ACM Computing Reviews, November, 2011) Author InformationMarco Mamei is research associate at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he received the PhD in computer science in 2004. His current research interests include distributed and pervasive computing, swarm intelligence, and multiagent systems. He is a member of the IEEE, AIIA and TABOO. Franco Zambonelli is professor in Computer Science at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia since 2001. He obtained the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering in 1992, and the PhD in Computer Science in 1997, both from the University of Bologna. His current research interests include: distributed and pervasive computing, agent-oriented software engineering, self-organization in distributed systems engineering. In these areas, he has published over 120 papers in international fora, co-edited 7 books, received several best paper awards, and has been invited speaker and tutorialist in several international conferences and workshops. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, AIIA, and TABOO. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |