Intelligent agents VII. Agent theories architectures and languages. 7th international workshop, ATAL 2000, Boston, MA, USA, July 7--9, 2000. Proceedings (Q5941709)

The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. The preceding workshop (6th, 1999) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0933.00043). Indexed articles: \textit{Wooldridge, Michael; Dunne, Paul E.}, Optimistic and disjunctive agent design problems, 1-14 [Zbl 1056.68575] \textit{Dragoni, A. F.; Giorgini, P.; Serafini, L.}, Updating mental states from communication, 15-30 [Zbl 1056.68559] \textit{Zimmerbaum, Stephen; Scherl, Richard}, Sensing actions, time, and concurrency in the situation calculus, 31-45 [Zbl 1056.68576] \textit{DeLoach, Scott A.; Wood, Mark}, Developing multiagent systems with agentTool, 46-60 [Zbl 1056.68557] \textit{Riley, Patrick; Stone, Peter; Veloso, Manuela}, Layered disclosure: Revealing agents' internals, 61-72 [Zbl 1056.68569] \textit{Bryson, Joanna; Stein, Lynn Andrea}, Architectures and idioms: Making progress in agent design, 73-88 [Zbl 1056.68554] \textit{Bellifemine, Fabio; Poggi, Agostino; Rimassa, Giovanni}, Developing multi-agent systems with JADE, 89-103 [Zbl 1056.68552] \textit{Shanahan, Murray; Witkowski, Mark}, High-level robot control through logic, 104-121 [Zbl 1056.68591] \textit{Terán, Oswaldo; Edmonds, Bruce; Wallis, Steve}, Determining the envelope of emergent agent behaviour via architectural transformation, 122-135 [Zbl 1056.68573] \textit{Norman, Timothy J.; Reed, Chris}, Delegation and responsibility, 136-149 [Zbl 1056.68568] \textit{Dignum, Frank; Dunin-Kȩplicz, Barbara; Verbrugge, Rineke}, Agent theory for team formation by dialogue, 150-166 [Zbl 1056.68558] \textit{Nodine, Marian; Chandrasekara, Damith; Unruh, Amy}, Task coordination paradigms for information agents, 167-181 [Zbl 1056.68567] \textit{Luck, Michael; d'Inverno, Mark}, Plan analysis for autonomous sociological agents, 182-197 [Zbl 1056.68564] \textit{Sierra, Carles; López de Màntaras, Ramon; Busquets, Dídac}, Multiagent bidding mechanisms for robot qualitative navigation, 198-212 [Zbl 1056.68571] \textit{Clement, Bradley J.; Durfee, Edmund H.}, Performance of coordinating concurrent hierarchical planning agents using summary information, 213-227 [Zbl 1056.68556] \textit{Hindriks, Koen V.; de Boer, Frank S.; van der Hoek, Wiebe; Meyer, John-Jules Ch.}, Agent programming with declarative goals, 228-243 [Zbl 1056.68562] \textit{Shapiro, Steven; Lespérance, Yves}, Modeling multiagent systems with CASL -- a feature interaction resolution application, 244-259 [Zbl 1056.68570] \textit{van Eijk, Rogier M.; de Boer, Frank S.; van der Hoek, Wiebe; Meyer, John-Jules Ch.}, Generalised object-oriented concepts for inter-agent communication, 260-274 [Zbl 1056.68577] \textit{Marini, Simone; Martelli, Maurizio; Mascardi, Viviana; Zini, Floriano}, Specification of heterogeneous agent architectures, 275-289 [Zbl 1056.68566] \textit{Antunes, Luis; Faria, João; Coelho, Helder}, Improving choice mechanisms within the BVG architecture, 290-304 [Zbl 1056.68550] \textit{Koenig, Sven}, Planning-task transformations for soft deadlines, 305-319 [Zbl 1056.68563] \textit{Weiß, Gerhard}, An architectural framework for integrated multiagent planning, reacting, and learning, 320-330 [Zbl 1056.68574] \textit{Bryson, Joanna; Decker, Keith; DeLoach, Scott A.; Huhns, Michael; Wooldridge, Michael}, Panel summary: Agent development tools, 331-338 [Zbl 1056.68553] \textit{Castelfranchi, Cristiano}, Again on agents' autonomy: A homage to Alan Turing. Panel chairman's statement., 339-342 [Zbl 1056.68555] \textit{Barber, K. Suzanne; Martin, Cheryl E.}, Autonomy as decision-making control, 343-345 [Zbl 1056.68551] \textit{Falcone, Rino}, Autonomy: Theory, dimensions, and regulation, 346-348 [Zbl 1056.68560] \textit{Hexmoor, Henry}, Situated autonomy, 349-350 [Zbl 1056.68561] \textit{Luck, Michael; d'Inverno, Mark}, Autonomy: A nice idea in theory, 351-353 [Zbl 1056.68565] \textit{Tambe, Milind; Pynadath, David; Scerri, Paul}, Adjustable autonomy: A response, 354-356 [Zbl 1056.68572]