This book describes current advances and future directions in the theory andapplication of intelligent agents and multiagent systems in the ArchitectureEngineer... » 

This book describes current advances and future directions in the theory andapplication of intelligent agents and multiagent systems in the ArchitectureEngineering and Construction AEC sector. It is the product of aninternational effort involving a network of construction IT and computingresearchers investigating different aspects of agent theory and applications.The contributed chapters cover different perspectives and application areasand represent significant efforts to harness emerging technologies such asintelligent agents and multiagent systems for improved business processes inthe AEC sector. The first four chapters cover the theoretical foundations ofagent technology whilst the remaining chapters deal with the application ofagentbased systems in solving problems in the construction domain. «