Contents

Session: Mobile Agent and its Application

• APSL: A Mobile Agent Programming Language
  Yasuharu Katsuno

• Agent-Oriented Programming Language, Flage
  Fumihiro Kumeno

• Consumer Choice Support in Mobile Environment
  Katsumi Takahashi

• HyperCampus: A Mobile Campus Navigation and Guidance System
  Katashi Nagao

Session: Network Application

• Connection Establishment Scheme for Several Network Providers Competing with Each Other
  Nagao Ogino

• Implementation Issues on Market-Based QoS Control
  Hirofumi Yamaki

• Decentralized Self-Diagnosis in Multi-Agent Systems
  Tohru Kohda, Kiyoaki Yoshida, Yasumasa Sujaku, Norihiko Yoshida

Session: Learning, Evolutionary Computing

• Learning Agent Network Architecture: L-ANA
  Satoshi Kurihara, Toshiharu Sugawara

• The Distributed Search Algorithm Based on Cooperative Behaviors Between Multi-Agents
  Hidenori Kawamura, Masahito Yamamoto, Keiji Suzuki, Azuma Ohuchi

• The Retrieval Support Based On The Communication Between The Agents
  Mitsuyoshi NAGAO, Masahito YAMAMOTO, Keiji SUZUKI, Azuma OHUCHI

Session: Human Interface

• Multi-agent Interface Architecture for Real-world oriented Distributed Human Interface systems
  Yuko Iwakura, Yoh Shiraishi, Yasushi Nakauchi, Yuichirou Anzai

• Mike: An Automatic Commentary System for Soccer
  Kumiko TANAKA-Ishii, Itsuki NODA, Ian FRANK, Hideyuki NAKASHIMA, Koiti Hasida, Hitoshi Matsubara

Session: Information Retrieval

• A Model of Distributed Agents for Dairy Information Assistance
  Ichiro Osawa

• Resource Discovery by Word-of-Mouth Communication
  Takeshi Ohtani, Toshiro Minami

• Open Integrative Agents for Semi-structured Information by way of Flame Mapping
  Fumiaki ITOH, Takaya UEDA, and Yuji IKEDA

• SAGE (Smart AGent Environment) - Agent Environment with Message Central Approach -
  Akira Sato

Session: Game

• A Multi-agent gaming simulator for analyzing social conflict
  Yumi Tokuda, Atsushi Togawa, Shigeru Watari

• Janken in the Light of Multiagent Interaction
  Hideyuki Nakashima

Session: Distributed Constraint Satisfaction

• Distributed Partial Constraint Satisfaction Problem
  Katsutoshi Hirayama, Makoto Yokoo

• Spatial Constraint Propagation for Identifying Qualitative Spatial Structure
  Takushi Sogo, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Toru Ishida

Session: RoboCup

• Applying Reinforcement Learning to a Soccer Agents' Position Problem
  Tomohito Andou

• A Method for Stabilizing Agreement when Learning Cooperative Behaviors
  Masayuki Ohta

• Dynamic Position Arrangement of Soccer Agents with Genetic Algorithm
  Tetsuya Murata

Session: Probabilistic Model in Multiagent Systems

• Bayesian network + Game theory -> Multi-Agent (Concurrent or Parallel) Abduction??
  Akinori Abe

• Knowledge Gathering Agent for Constructing Probabilistic Reasoning Systems Handling Internet Information
  Kazunori FUJIMOTO

• Formation of Focal Points among Multi-Agents by Learning of Probabilistic models
  Yoichi Motomura

• Computational Auditory Scene Analysis Based on Probabilistic Networks
  Kunio Kashino

Session: Complex System and Multiagent

• Agent-Based Model with Evolutionary Computation for Social Interaction Analysis
  Takao Terano

• How to identify the true state from a partially observable state ? - Transitionally Observable MDP under variations -
  Tomohiro Yamaguchi

Session: Multiagent and Groupware / Communityware

• Visualizing Potential Communities
  Sen Yoshida, Koji Kamei, Makoto Yokoo, Takeshi Ohguro, Kaname Funakoshi, Fumio Hattori

• A Talk Support System in a Virtual Community
  Shigeo Matsubara, Takeshi Ohguro, Fumio Hattori

Session: Business Application of Multiagent Systems

• 企業情報ネットワークのためのエージェント技術
  Yasuhiko Kitamura

• SAGE and Its Application to EC -From search to transaction-
  Sugasaka Tamami

• Organizational-Learning Oriented Classifier System for Intelligent Multiagent Systems
  Keiki Takadama, Shinichi Nakasuka, Takao Terano

Poster session

• Task-refinement Agent with Credit
  Jun Arima

• Agent Framework for Dynamically Distributed Application
  Akira Inoue

• Diffusion of the VTR format on the Virtual Market
  Takashi Iba, Heizo Takenaka, Yoshiyasu Takefuji

• Improvement of Dynamic Path Modification Method for Vehicle Navigation Problem
  Fumiaki Imanari, Hitoshi Ogawa

• Transferring learned values between agents of reinforcement learning on different state-spaces
  UEDA Nobuhisa, SATO Taisuke

• Design of Railway Interval Decentralized Engineering System
  UCHIDA, Daisuke, ARISAWA, Makoto

• Musical Communication among Mobile Robots
  Takuya OHKO, Yuichiro ANZAI

• 知識エージェントと知識ネットワーク
  下山良嗣, 生天目章(防衛大)

• Learning Message Control in Multiagent Systems
  Toshiharu Sugawara, Satoshi Kurihara

• Deriving Consensus among Multiagents and apply for Group Decision Support
  Masahiro Takahashi, Akira Namatame

• Implementation of the socialized system by using Internet autonomous contents
  Keiji Takeda

• NetFinder: An Intelligent Agent that Supports Information Gathering
  Chao Zeng, Jianjun Zhao

• Migration of Prolog Programs on Distributed Surroundings
  Jun Maeoka, Naoyuki Tamura, Yukio Kaneda

• 共有知識ベースをもつマルチエージェントシステム記述言語とその 実装方式
  松島秀樹, 田村直之, 金田悠紀夫(神戸大)

• Concept Sharing through Agent Communication
  Toru Miyazaki, Satoshi Tojo

• Adaptive Cooperative Action of Agents based on Consept of Teams
  Satoru MORITA, Kei Hasegawa

• A Consideration of Cooperation on the Object Recognition System Based on Multiagent Architecture
  Keiji Yanai

• Contract on Learning oriented Multiagent System
  Hiroshi Yamakawa

• 移動体の協調行動のための情報フィルタリング
  山本潮, 西村弘毅, 小野里好邦(群馬大)

• Synthesis of Collective Behavior by Modularized Reinforcement Learning Agents
  Shin-ichiro Yoshida, Norihiko Ono

• Text Analysis as Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem Solving
  Hirokazu YOSHIDA, Takehiko YOSHIMI, Daisuke IKEGUCHI, Naoyuki TAMURA