Content

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   Introduction
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   Research Contributions
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   Overview of the Thesis
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  Foundations and Related Work
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   Agents and Multiagent Systems
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   Intelligent Agents
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   Multiagent Systems
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  Specific Terminology
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   Learning
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   Emergence
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   Altruistic and Egoistic Behavior
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  Related Work
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   Artificial Societies
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   Task Allocation Problem
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   Dynamic Task Allocation
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   Task Allocation in Social Networks
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   Imitation-based Learning and Memetics
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   Conclusion
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  Formal Model and Scenario Description
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   Agents and Multiagent System
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   Scenario Description
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   Selection Strategies for the Ideal Set
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   Adaptation Strategies
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   Social Networking
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   Overview on System's Parameter
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   Conclusion
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  Formal Analysis
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   Skills in the Agents' Vicinity
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  Value Propagation in Small Networks
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   The Simplest Scenario
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   A Simple Scenario Without Convergence
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   Computational Complexity
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   Conclusion
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  Experimental Results
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   Basic Experimental Setup
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   Cooperation Cost-Factor
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   Strength of Adaptation
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   Size of Elite Set
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   Number of Propositions
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   Influence of the Tolerance
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   Adaptation Strength Strategies
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   Ideal Selection Strategies
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   Size of the Neighborhoods
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   Complexity of Jobs
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   Size of Skill Sets
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   Influence of the Job Factor
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   Interdependencies between Selected Parameters
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   Combined Influence of Neighborhoods and Skills
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   Different Random Distributions
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   Number of Agents
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   Conclusion
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   Influence of Network Structures
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   Graph Theory and Important Network Measurements
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   Network Types
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   Random Networks
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   Regular Networks
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   Scale-free Networks
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   Small-World Network
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   Experimental Setup
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   Static Networks
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   Dynamic Networks
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   Networks with Low Dynamics
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   Networks with High Dynamics
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   Regular Ring and Ratings for Cooperation
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   Cooperation in Lattice Structures
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   Conclusion
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  Introducing Capacity Constraints
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   Extension of Formal Model
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   Analytical Results
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  Experimental Results
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   Processing Jobs with Capacities
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   Reasoning about Known Job-Sets
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   Conclusion
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  Strategies for Social Networking
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   Advanced Strategies
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   Experimental Results
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   Conclusion
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  Conclusion and Future Work
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   Conclusion
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   Future Work
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   Index
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   List of Figures
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   List of Tables
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   Own Publications
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   Bibliography