1. Intelligent Agent Systems Autumn 2005

2. Master Study in Intelligent Systems Machine Learning (Roland – 10 points) Intelligent Agent Systems (Ky – 15 points) Special Literature (Roland, Ky – 15 points) Master Thesis (Roland, Ky)

3. Intelligent Agents Know the Environment (B) Know What you can do and How you can do that (D) Able to choose the best action (know Why you choose that) (I)

4. Intelligent Agent Systems Reactive Proactive Social Ability - Competition - Negotiation - Cooperation

5. Intelligent Agent Systems Uncertainty Study Situation (Environment) Actions Requests Decision Making Limited Knowledge Limited Time (Rate)

6. Topics Agents and Intelligent Agents Multi- and Mobile Agent Systems: The Yin-Yang System Agent Communication Language: KQML Project : TAC Game Problem Solving: Searching Operational Research (SciLib) LP Programming Integer Programming Auction (SciLib) Learning & Neural Networks (SciLib) Semantic Web Robotic & Control Systems (Option)

7. Special Literature Each Student must Choose a topic to work with his/her master thesis Meet instructor once a week to work with the special topic. Literature would be given by instructor During working with the special literature, student must make the decision about his/her master thesis. Evaluation: An open presentation of the special literature in the end of the semester (Pass/Fail)

8. Master Thesis Directions Neural Networks NN and Pattern Recognition NN and Medical Diagnosis NN and Financial Forecasting NN and Rule-Extraction

9. Master Thesis Directions Machine Learning Disciple Learning Agents Reinforcement Learning Agents

10. Master Thesis Directions Machine Learning Disciple Learning Agents Reinforcement Learning Agents

11. Master Thesis Directions Semantic Web Multi-Agent Systems and the Semantic Web Topic Maps and the Semantic Web Trust Networks on the Semantic Web

12. Master Thesis Directions Intelligent Agent Systems Multi-Agent Systems and Resource Allocation Problems Multi-Agent Systems and Coalition Formation Problems Combinatorial Auction Systems Multi-Agent Systems in Traffic and Transportation Problems