TEK5010 – Multi-Agent Systems
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course gives you an introduction to systems with multiple agents/units/robots that mutually depend on each other’s behaviors in order to evaluate their own or collective system performance. The course will cover theory for strategic interaction between self-interested agents as well as more altruistic agents working explicitly together in complex distributed environments. Game theory and swarm intelligence will be central parts of the course curriculum.
Learning outcome
The course gives you a comprehensive understanding of how to analyze, model and design complex multiagent systems. After completing the course, you
- can classify different types of multiagent systems
- can apply and understand the meaning of the agent concept in a distributed environment
- can design and use appropriate framework for agent communication and information sharing processes
- have detailed knowledge of the different research methods, especially game theory and swarm intelligence, which are used for modeling the dynamics of distributed agent systems
- have gained practical experience in modeling multiagent systems through computer simulation and experimentation
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Recommended previous knowledge
Programming experience equivalent to IN2010 – Algorithms and Data Structures is recommended. The course IN3050 – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning may give a useful background.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with TEK9010 – Multi-Agent Systems.
Teaching
The teaching includes 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of group work each week throughout the semester.
This course has two mandatory assignments which must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
Examination
- A final oral exam counts 100% towards the final grade.
In case of many students, the final exam may be written.
There are two mandatory assignments, which must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
When writing your exercises make sure to familiarize yourself with the rules for use of sources and citations. Breach of these rules may lead to suspicion of attempted cheating.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for the following course:
Examination support material
Approved calculator (only in Norwegian)
Language of examination
Courses taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English. You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.