Announcement and Call for Book Proposals:
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                    New International Book Series on

 MULTIAGENT SYSTEMS, ARTIFICIAL SOCIETIES, AND SIMULATED ORGANIZATIONS

                   --- Kluwer Academic Publishers ---

                 http://www7.in.tum.de/~weissg/MS-AS-SO



                            Editorial Board:
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        Kathleen M. Carley, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA
               Yves Demazeau, Laboratoire LEIBNIZ, France
                 Ed Durfee, University of Michigan, USA
    Les Gasser, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
                Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey, UK
         Michael Huhns, University of South Carolina, SC,  USA
          Nick Jennings, QMW College, University of London, UK
          Victor Lesser, University of Massachusetts, MA, USA
           Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA
 Gerhard Weiss, Technical University of Munich, Germany (series editor)
       Michael Wooldridge, QMW College, University of London, UK


                         Series Description:
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This series  concentrates  on  computational  models  and  theories  of
collections of intelligent,  autonomous agents  (technical, natural, or
both) and the interactions occurring therein. Dependent on the research
and application focus, computer-based realizations of  such collections
are  referred  to  as  multiagent  systems,  artificial  societies,  or
simulated organizations.  The  interest in these realizations is inter-
national and multi-disciplinary,  and  has  grown  rapidly in the  past
decade.  Today  multiagent systems,  artificial societies and simulated
organizations play an increasingly important role in the specification,
design,  and  implementation  of   modern,  distributed  computing  and
information  environments  in   which   computers   interact  more   as
``individuals'' rather than just ``parts,''  and  in  the  analysis  of
aggregates of humans or other animals that range from  small  teams  to
large ecosystems or economies.

Fields to which this series is  of particular  relevance  are  computer
science,  artificial  intelligence,  engineering,   computer  supported
cooperative work, groupware, game theory, sociology, economics, manage-
ment and organization science, ethology, psychology,  linguistics,  and
philosophy. Topics covered by this series include, for instance,

        - cooperation and competition
        - coordination and collaboration
        - communication protocols and languages
        - negotiation, consensus development, and conflict
          detection and resolution
        - intelligent cognitive activities jointly realized
          by multiple agents (e.g., distributed problem solving,
          planning, learning, and decision making)
        - emergent and organizational intelligence
        - organizational structuring and behavior
        - decentralized control and management
        - market mechanisms and economic systems
        - dynamics of societies and social processes
        - emergence of social and political structures

The series will comprise

        - textbooks and textbook-like volumes
        - tutorials and state-of-the-art surveys
        - readings books and excellently composed anthologies
        - research and application-oriented monographs


                        Publication Criteria:
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Contributions are invited from the  broad  range  of  fields  mentioned
above, and works that obviously contribute to progress  in  the  theory
and practice of multiagent systems, artificial societies, and simulated
organizations are particularly welcome.

Primary evaluation criteria for publication in this series are quality,
relevance, coherence, actuality, and a  clear  focus  on  computational
aspects and  issues  of  high-level interaction among complex (intelli-
gent, autonomous) entities.

Ideally a book proposal provides the following information: provisional
title; brief summary (up to one page); provisional  table  of  contents
with brief description of the individual  parts  (up  to  five  pages);
target audience; book level and prior  knowledge  required  for  under-
standing the text; list of competitive books; and full contact  address
of the proposer(s).  Any  other  details  that  characterize  the  book
project are also welcome.


                        Contact Information:
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Potential authors and editors of books for this  series  are  asked  to
contact the series editor or the publisher:

Gerhard Weiss                          Scott Delman
Institut fuer Informatik               Senior Publishing Editor
Technische Universitaet Muenchen       Kluwer Academic Publishers
Arcisstr. 21                           101 Philip Drive, Assinippi Park
D-80290 Muenchen, Germany              Norwell, MA 02061, USA
Phone: (+49) 89-289-22606             (+1) 781-871-6311 ext. 299
Email: [log in to unmask]                [log in to unmask]


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Prof G. Nigel Gilbert, Dept of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford
GU2 5XH,
United Kingdom.  Tel: +44 (0)1483 259173 Fax: +44 (0)1483 259551


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