Liu Jiming Liu & Zhong Ning Zhong 
Intelligent Agent Technology: Systems, Methodologies And Tools – Proceedings Of The 1st Asia-pacific Conference On Intelligent Agent Technology (Iat ’99) [PDF ebook] 

This book is a collection of high quality technical papers contributed by active researchers and leading practitioners in intelligent agent technology. It offers a closer look at the state-of-the-art in the development of intelligent agents, and examines in depth the underlying logical, cognitive, physical, and biological foundations as well as the performance characteristics of various approaches in intelligent agent technology. It will stimulate the development of new models, new methodologies, and new tools for building a variety of embodiments of agent-based systems.