Multi-Agent Systems for Society [electronic resource] : 8th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 26-28, 2005, Revised Selected Papers / edited by Dickson Lukose, Zhongzhi Shi.

Keynote Papers -- Application of Information Processing Technology by Multiagent Simulation -- Cognitive Architectures and Multi-agent Social Simulation -- Full Papers -- A Co-operative Intelligent Assisting Agent Architecture for Web Searching and Desktop Management -- Prisoner’s Dilemma Game on Network -- Addressing Constraint Failures in Agent Interaction Protocol -- Reasoning about Success and Failure in Intentional Agents -- Agent-Base Workflow Management System Architecture – An Example on Conference Info System -- Diverse Applications of an Automated Argument System Based on the Logic of Multiple-Valued Argumentation -- Dynamic Interaction Protocol Load in Multi-Agent System Collaboration -- Towards a Component-Based Architecture for TeleAgents -- Development of a Lightweight Middleware Technologies Supporting Mobile Agents -- The Roles of Active Perception in Intelligent Agent Systems -- Fairness in Cooperating Multi-agent Systems – Using Profit Sharing as an Example -- Risk Strategies and Risk Strategy Equilibrium in Agent Interactions Modeled as Normal Repeated 2 ×2 Risk Games -- A Crowd Model for Emergency and Panic Situations: Structure, Characteristics and Behaviours -- Learning the Structure of Utility Graphs Used in Multi-issue Negotiation through Collaborative Filtering -- ARTISTE: Agent Organization Management System for Multi-Agent Systems -- Sensor Management Model Using Multi-agent in Small-Area Sensor Networks -- Conflict Resolution Method for Multi-context Situation -- Multi-auction Approach for Solving Task Allocation Problem -- Using Classification Learning in Companion Modeling -- Modeling a MultiAgent Mobile Robotics Test Bed Using a Biologically Inspired Artificial Immune System -- Deploying Multi-Agents for Intelligent Aspect-Oriented Web Services -- Multi-Agent System Using G-XMDR for Data Synchronization in Pervasive Computing Environments -- An Interval-Based Knowledge Model and Query Language for Temporal Information -- A Petri-Net-Based Modeling Framework for Automated Negotiation Protocols in Electronic Commerce -- Agent Based Interaction Model for Electronic Health Record System -- Implementation of MedVI Agent a Medical Vocabulary Interpreter for Medical Agents -- Multi-agent Cooperation: A Description Logic View -- Enhancing Bidding Strategies in CDAs by Adaptive Judgement of Price Acceptability -- Dealing with Objectives in a Constraint-Based Extension to AgentSpeak(L).

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2005, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in September 2005. The 29 revised full papers and 2 keynote papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address many current topics in multi-agent research and development, ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to various applications in different fields.