Component-based Design of Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems 5-day course, May 29 - June 4, 2002.

Schedule

Wednesday May 29, Lecture Room F2.53

Introduction: Basic agent concepts and agent behaviour.

09.00 - 09.45	Introduction Ch 1, 2
10.00 - 11.45	Simple reactive behaviour Ch 3
12.00 - 12.45	Deliberate reactive and pro-active behaviour Ch 4
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch at the Restaurant
14.00 - 14.45	Deliberate reactive and pro-active behaviour Ch 4
15.00 - 17.30	Practical exercise: simple process control, in Room S3.45
18.00 - .......	Welcome dinner (Americain, Leidseplein 28)

Thursday May 30, Lecture Room G0.76

Compositional design: process composition and knowledge composition.

09.00 - 10.45	Social behaviour Ch 5
11.00 - 11.45	Knowledge structures Ch 7
12.00 - 12.45	Processes and process abstraction levels Ch 8
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch at the Restaurant
14.00 - 17.30	Practical exercise: animal behaviour, in Room S3.45

Friday May 31, Lecture Room G0.88

Interaction and dynamics.

09.00 - 10.45	Interaction and dynamics Ch 9
11.00 - 12.45	Autonomy and control Ch 10
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch at the Restaurant
14.00 - 17.30	Practical exercise: Information Broker agent, in Room S3.45

Monday June 3, Lecture Room G0.88

Informational and motivational agents.

09.00 - 10.00	Knowledge and belief Ch 11
10.15 - 11.00	Beliefs, desires and intentions Ch 12
11.15 - 12.15	Negotiation Ch 13
12.15 - 12.45	Co-operative information gathering Ch 6
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch at the Restaurant
14.00 - 17.30	Practical exercise: co-operative information gathering, in Room S3.45
18.00 - ......	Dinner (Puri Mas, Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 39/1)

Tuesday June 4, Lecture Room G0.88

Reusable models and applications.

09.00 - 10.00	Models for monitoring, diagnosis and control Ch 17, 18, 19
10.15 - 10.45	Shared task models Ch 16
11.15 - 12.15	A generic model for co-operation Ch 14
12.15 - 12.45	Societies of agents Ch 15
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch at the Restaurant
14.00 - 17.00	Practical exercise: negotiating agents, in Room S3.45
17.00 - 18.00	Drinks in Room G0.88

	Official course announcement
	Index
	Topics in the programme