Knowledge processing and decision making in agent-based systems constitute the key components of intelligent machines. The contributions included in the book are:

• Innovations in Knowledge Processing and Decision Making in Agent-Based Systems


• Towards Real-World HTN Planning Agents


• Mobile Agent-Based System for Distributed Software Maintenance


• Software Agents in New Generation Networks: Towards the Automation of Telecom Processes


• Multi-agent Systems and Paraconsistent Knowledge


• An Agent-based Negotiation Platform for Collaborative Decision-Making in Construction Supply Chain


• An Event-Driven Algorithm for Agents at the Web


• A Generic Mobile Agent Framework Toward Ambient Intelligence


• Developing Actionable Trading Strategies


• Agent Uncertainty Model and Quantum Mechanics Representation


• Agent Transportation Layer Adaptation System


• Software Agents to Enable Service Composition through Negotiation


• Advanced Technology Towards Developing Decentralized Autonomous Flexible Manufacturing Systems