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JAIR is pleased to announce the publication of the following article:

Brafman, R.I. and Tennenholtz, M. (1996)
  "On Partially Controlled Multi-Agent Systems", 
   Volume 4, pages 477-507.

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   Abstract: Motivated by the control theoretic distinction between
   controllable and uncontrollable events, we distinguish between two
   types of agents within a multi-agent system: controllable agents,
   which are directly controlled by the system's designer, and
   uncontrollable agents, which are not under the designer's direct
   control. We refer to such systems as partially controlled multi-agent
   systems, and we investigate how one might influence the behavior of
   the uncontrolled agents through appropriate design of the controlled
   agents. In particular, we wish to understand which problems are
   naturally described in these terms, what methods can be applied to
   influence the uncontrollable agents, the effectiveness of such
   methods, and whether similar methods work across different
   domains. Using a game-theoretic framework, this paper studies the
   design of partially controlled multi-agent systems in two contexts: in
   one context, the uncontrollable agents are expected utility
   maximizers, while in the other they are reinforcement learners. We
   suggest different techniques for controlling agents' behavior in each
   domain, assess their success, and examine their relationship.

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