Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI) is a dynamic area of research and this book is the first comprehensive, truly integrated exposition of the discipline presenting influential contributions from leaders in the field Commences with a solid introduction to the theoretical and practical issues of DAI, followed by a discussion of the core озреч research topics--communication, coordination, planning--and how they are related to each other The third section describes a number of DAI testbeds, illustrating particular strategies commissioned to provide software environments for building and experimenting with DAI systems The final segment contains contributions which consider DAI from different perspectives.  gradienISBN 0471006750.