Course Materials and Components

Please let me explain some essential information that you will need to meet the course outcomes and successfully complete this course. This course takes place in the Moodle course site, where you are now. Here you will find the following:

Textbook

Y. Shoham and K. Leyton-Brown, Multiagent Systems: Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations, Cambridge, 2009. e-book free download from the Masfoundation website.

This Study Guide.

Discussion Forum

The COMP 667 General Discussion Forum is where students and instructors share general information about course procedures and materials, and where you post your answers to assigned discussion questions. As a student in this course, you are expected to participate in the forum discussions and ensure that you are notified of discussion posts. You should remain subscribed to the COMP 667 General Discussion Forum.

The Assignments Section

The Assignments section is where you submit completed work and check for marker evaluation and feedback.

Recommended Resources

You will find the following resources helpful:

• Railsback, S.F, & Grimm, V. (2011). Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction, Princeton University Press.
• Wooldridge, M.J. (2009). Introduction to Multiagent Systems, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
• Jose Vidal’s online textbook: Fundamentals of Multiagent Systems.
• IFAAMAS (Parent organization and AAMAS proceedings).
• Gerhard Weiss (Ed). (2013). Multiagent Systems: A Modern Approach to Distributed Artificial Intelligence, MIT press, ISBN 978-0-262-01889-0.

The Help and Resources Section

The Help and Resources section is where you’ll find links to pages that support you as a learner at AU.