Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations 1st Edition

by Yoav Shoham (Author), Kevin Leyton-Brown (Author)

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This exciting and pioneering new overview of multiagent systems, which are online systems composed of multiple interacting intelligent agents, i.e., online trading, offers a newly seen computer science perspective on multiagent systems, while integrating ideas from operations research, game theory, economics, logic, and even philosophy and linguistics. The authors emphasize foundations to create a broad and rigorous treatment of their subject, with thorough presentations of distributed problem solving, game theory, multiagent communication and learning, social choice, mechanism design, auctions, cooperative game theory, and modal logics of knowledge and belief. For each topic, basic concepts are introduced, examples are given, proofs of key results are offered, and algorithmic considerations are examined. An appendix covers background material in probability theory, classical logic, Markov decision processes and mathematical programming. Written by two of the leading researchers of this engaging field, this book will surely serve as THE reference for researchers in the fastest-growing area of computer science, and be used as a text for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses.

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"This is by far the best text in the field of multiagent systems, one of the fastest-growing areas in computer science."
Stuart Russell, University of California at Berkeley

"The integration of methodologies that study different aspects of interactive strategic systems is of vital importance in modern society. Through excellent side-by-side presentation of the main approaches in computer science, game theory and economics, this pioneering textbook is a major advance towards the education of a better-equipped generation of computer scientists as well as social scientists."
Ehud Kalai, Northwestern University

"This is a rich and comprehensive text on multiagent systems, written by two of the leading researchers in the area in an engaging and accessible style. It is unique in covering the diverse foundations of multiagent systems, including logic. Its extensive treatment of the interplay between computer science and game theory will define how the subject should be taught. I recommend the book for graduate students and advanced undergraduates, as well as researchers in both computer science and economics trying to learn the basics of the field."
Joseph Halpern, Cornell University

"With the emergence of the Internet, the focus of much of the research in computer science and in artificial intelligence is shifting from the the study of the single program to the study of the interactions among different computers and programs. Multiagent Systems presents for the first time this cutting-edge research in a textbook form. The book transcends the traditional boundaries of artificial intelligence and touches all aspects of multiagent systems: from artificial intelligence to algorithms to game theory, to logic, and beyond. Written by leaders in this research area, this book is certain to become the textbook of choice for classes on multiagent systems."
Noam Nisan, Hebrew University

"Shoham and Leyton-Brown traverse several disciplines to bring together the most salient and useful technical principles for understanding multiagent systems. This text is the first to provide computer scientists with a comprehensive treatment of the mathematical machinery they need to analyze systems of autonomous agents, integrating their computational and strategic dimensions."
Michael Wellman, University of Michigan

"... a useful reference volume for researchers and a good foundational body of knowledge for those just starting their exploration of the field. It is rich in examples... With its 13 chapters, this volume definitely deserves a handy place on the shelves of those studying MAS... Highly recommended.
G. Trajkovski, Laureate Higher Education Group for Choice Magazine

"The book with its comprehensive and broad treatment promises to become the standard textbook on multiagent systems. It provides a useful and easy to read survey of a rapidly growing field. The text is one of the clearest expositions of concepts in game theory. The book easily deserves to be on the shelf of any modern theoretical computer scientist."
Haris Aziz, SIGACT News

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Multiagent systems are those systems that include multiple autonomous entities with either diverging information or diverging interests, or both. This comprehensive introduction to a burgeoning field is written from a computer science perspective, while bringing together ideas from operations research, game theory, economics, logic, and even philosophy and linguistics.

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Hardcover: 504 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 15, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521899435
ISBN-13: 978-0521899437
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 1.4 x 10.1 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,142,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sergei Burobin

Useful & easy to read (what else is needed?)

December 8, 2019

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What did I like?
Well, the book is well structured and helps with deeper learning of theory of MAS (for example, because of not just mentioning of a book/article that deals deeper with this or that problem, but even giving a kind of very brief review of it).
What else? It is very nice that the authors do not try to seem "too clever" and are able to explain even rather difficult themes in such a way that even a person for whom English is not a mother tongue (I mean myself) reads this book without too big problems with understanding.
And what I also liked a lot is a very long bibliography (13 pages).

What did I dislike?
I think I will be able to answer this question in several months, after I have given a course of lectures based on this book. Well, let's see... Now I have read the whole book and I do not see any serious disadvantages.

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Mark Saroufim

Delightful survey for game theory and mechanism design

August 16, 2019

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I used this book to learn more about auctions, mechanism design and the basics of game theory. Those ideas are becoming more and more popular in the crypto community but also the multi agent reinforcement learning community. The breadth of the book is massive but I did appreciate how most of the chapters can be read somewhat independently, makes it easier to pick up and record core concepts you wanna learn more about.

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Bernt Arild Bremdal

Theoretic

August 17, 2016

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A good academic text book, however, extremely theoretical and with some surprising "voids" on important topics. The book had served its purpose better if a few more examples and references to industrial cases were included. Some explanations fall short of what I suspect to be their intention at times. Students using this book would enjoy it as a book of reference for development. But as an aid to help them place MA in a business perspective it fails.

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Sergio O. Parreiras

How computer science people look at game-theory

June 25, 2014

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It is a good exposition of algorithmic game-theory. I bought it to understand more about how computer science people look at game-theory. Sometimes I cringe with the language (e.g. "instantiation" ?) but overall it is well-written and a nice text-book, although I would not teach from it.

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Rumbucket

game theory and software development

October 2, 2013

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I have been looking for books on game theory and software development ever since I completed my game theory class. I am still reading this book, but I really like it so far.

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Peter

A theoretic book

March 28, 2011

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have been interested in constraint optimization problems. MAS casted a fresh perspective on solving such problems, which led to more system-wise algorithms.

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Hyogeun K.

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January 1, 2015

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Good book

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Chris W

Five Stars

November 5, 2014

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GREAT PRODUCT!

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