Knowledge-Based Agents in E-commerce and Beyond: Representation, Acquisition, Model and Methodology

Speaker: Xudong Luo

Affiliation: Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Time: Tuesday 28/08/2012 from 10:00 to 11:00

Venue: Access Grid UWS. Presented from Penrith (Y239), accessible from Parramatta (EB.1.32) and Campbelltown (26.1.50).

Abstract: In this talk, I will present how knowledge engineering methods are used to develop trader agents and market agents. In particular, I will show some specific systems and discuss their knowledge representation, acquisition, and evolution. Moreover, I will also present a knowledge engineering methodology for negotiating agent development. The validity of the methodology is shown by re-modeling an existing high-impact system and developing a new system. In addition, I will brief our ongoing work: knowledge-based game theory and argumentation agents in court. Finally, we talk about my plan of knowledge-based automated decision making and analysis for maintaining stable development of China.

Biography: Dr. Xudong Luo is a professor of Artificial Intelligence at Sun Yat-sen University. He used to work at Southampton University with Prof. Nick Jennings for five and half years and Prof. Nigel Shadbolt for two and half years. Prof. Luo has published more than 100 papers including two in Artificial Intelligence Journal, one of which has been cited about 240 times. He is a team member of the second place of 2005 International Trading Agent Competition (TAC) of Supply Chain Management Game, and a team member of the second place of 2009 International Trading Agent Competition (TAC) Ad Auction Game. His research focus is on agent-oriented computing, especially automated negotiation and auction, game theory and decision-making.