Chapter 1 discusses the key concepts underlying agent systems, and reviews the motivation for their development through a consideration of the underlying computational context.

Key references for further reading from this chapter are:
  • Wooldridge, M. J., and N. R. Jennings, “Intelligent agents: Theory and practice,” Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1995, pp. 115–152
  • d’Inverno, M., M. Luck, and UKMAS Contributors, “Multi-agent systems research into the 21st century,” Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2001, pp. 271–275.
  • Genesereth, M. R., and S. P. Ketchpel, “Software agents,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 37, No. 7, 1994, pp. 48–53.
  • Guttman, R. H., A. G. Moukas, , and P. Maes, “Agent-mediated electronic commerce: a survey,” Knowledge Engineering Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1998, pp. 147–159.
  • Luck, M., P. McBurney, and C. Preist. Agent Technology: Enabling Next Generation Computing (A Roadmap for Agent Based Computing), AgentLink, 2003.
 
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