這是國際自主代理和多代理系統(tǒng)基金會的官方期刊。它為傳播自治代理和多代理系統(tǒng)的基礎(chǔ)、理論、開發(fā)、分析和應(yīng)用方面的重要原始研究成果提供了一個領(lǐng)先的論壇。自治代理和多代理系統(tǒng)的覆蓋范圍包括但不限于：代理決策體系結(jié)構(gòu)及其評價，包括：認(rèn)知模型；知識表示；代理邏輯；本體推理；規(guī)劃（單代理和多代理）；推理（單代理和多代理）。合作與團(tuán)隊合作，包括：分布式問題解決；人-機(jī)器人/代理交互；多用戶/多虛擬代理交互；聯(lián)盟形成；協(xié)調(diào)。代理通信語言，包括：它們的語義、語用學(xué)和實現(xiàn)；代理通信協(xié)議和對話；代理承諾；言語行為理論。代理系統(tǒng)、代理和語義Web的本體、代理和語義Web服務(wù)、基于網(wǎng)格的系統(tǒng)和面向服務(wù)的計算。代理社會和社會問題，包括：人工社會系統(tǒng)；環(huán)境、組織和機(jī)構(gòu)；道德和法律問題；隱私、安全和保障；信任、可靠性和聲譽(yù)。基于代理的系統(tǒng)開發(fā)，包括：代理開發(fā)技術(shù)、工具和環(huán)境；代理編程語言；代理規(guī)范或驗證語言。基于代理的模擬，包括：緊急行為；參與式模擬；模擬技術(shù)、工具和環(huán)境；社會模擬。協(xié)議技術(shù)，包括：論證；集體決策；判斷聚合和信念融合；談判；規(guī)范。經(jīng)濟(jì)范式，包括：拍賣與機(jī)制設(shè)計；談判與談判；經(jīng)濟(jì)動機(jī)；博弈論（合作與非合作）；社會選擇與投票。學(xué)習(xí)代理，包括：學(xué)習(xí)代理的計算架構(gòu)；進(jìn)化、適應(yīng)；多代理學(xué)習(xí)。機(jī)器人代理，包括：綜合感知、認(rèn)知和行動；認(rèn)知機(jī)器人；機(jī)器人規(guī)劃（包括行動和行動規(guī)劃）；多機(jī)器人系統(tǒng)。虛擬代理，包括：游戲和虛擬環(huán)境中的代理；同伴和指導(dǎo)代理；塑造個性、情感；多模式交互；口頭和非口頭表達(dá)。代理技術(shù)的重要新應(yīng)用。代理系統(tǒng)研究和實踐的綜合評論和權(quán)威教程。全面和權(quán)威的審查書籍處理代理和多代理系統(tǒng)。

This is the official journal of the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. It provides a leading forum for disseminating significant original research results in the foundations, theory, development, analysis, and applications of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. Coverage in Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems includes, but is not limited to:Agent decision-making architectures and their evaluation, including: cognitive models; knowledge representation; logics for agency; ontological reasoning; planning (single and multi-agent); reasoning (single and multi-agent)Cooperation and teamwork, including: distributed problem solving; human-robot/agent interaction; multi-user/multi-virtual-agent interaction; coalition formation; coordinationAgent communication languages, including: their semantics, pragmatics, and implementation; agent communication protocols and conversations; agent commitments; speech act theoryOntologies for agent systems, agents and the semantic web, agents and semantic web services, Grid-based systems, and service-oriented computingAgent societies and societal issues, including: artificial social systems; environments, organizations and institutions; ethical and legal issues; privacy, safety and security; trust, reliability and reputationAgent-based system development, including: agent development techniques, tools and environments; agent programming languages; agent specification or validation languagesAgent-based simulation, including: emergent behavior; participatory simulation; simulation techniques, tools and environments; social simulationAgreement technologies, including: argumentation; collective decision making; judgment aggregation and belief merging; negotiation; normsEconomic paradigms, including: auction and mechanism design; bargaining and negotiation; economically-motivated agents; game theory (cooperative and non-cooperative); social choice and votingLearning agents, including: computational architectures for learning agents; evolution, adaptation; multi-agent learning.Robotic agents, including: integrated perception, cognition, and action; cognitive robotics; robot planning (including action and motion planning); multi-robot systems.Virtual agents, including: agents in games and virtual environments; companion and coaching agents; modeling personality, emotions; multimodal interaction; verbal and non-verbal expressivenessSignificant, novel applications of agent technologyComprehensive reviews and authoritative tutorials of research and practice in agent systemsComprehensive and authoritative reviews of books dealing with agents and multi-agent systems.