Cristiano Castelfranchi Libri

Exploring the concept of "Tutelarity/Tutelage," the book delves into its significance across various social dynamics, including personal relationships, cooperation, and political structures. It employs a theoretical framework rooted in cognitive science, examining how beliefs, desires, and emotions shape human interactions. Accessible to a broad audience, the work aims to engage researchers and scientists interested in understanding the complexities of social relationships through a critical lens.

Intelligent agents represent a significant advancement in computer science over the past decade, impacting various application areas from human-computer interaction to industrial process control. The ATAL workshop series serves as a platform for researchers focused on the core aspects of agent technology, addressing theories of agency, software architectures, methodologies, programming languages, and tools for evaluating agent systems. A key strength of ATAL is its emphasis on the synergies between theories, languages, architectures, infrastructures, methodologies, and formal methods. This year's workshop attracted a substantial number of high-quality submissions, with 71 papers from 21 countries, leading to the acceptance of 22 papers for publication. The workshop highlighted emerging themes in agent research, particularly the transition of intelligent agents and multi-agent systems from research environments to software engineering practices. As agents are increasingly implemented in applications like electronic commerce and assume responsibilities traditionally held by humans, controlling their autonomy becomes essential. Additionally, the development of tools that aid in the design and implementation of agent systems is crucial for the technology's rapid adoption and widespread use.

This volume contains thoroughly refereed full versions of the best papers presented at the 5th European Workshop on Modelling Autonomous Agents in a Multi-Agent World, MAAMAW '93, held in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in August 1993. The volume opens with a detailed introduction by the volume editors bringing the papers in line and offering a readers' guide. The 15 full research papers reflect the state-of-the-art in this dynamic field of research; they are organized in sections on emergence of global properties, emergence of sociality, multi-agent planning, multi-agent communication, and multi-agent architectures.