The aim of the symposium was to provide an international forum for scientific
research into the technologies and applications of agent and multi-agent systems.
Agent and multi-agent systems are related to the modern software which has long
been recognized as a promising technology for constructing autonomous, complex
and intelligent systems. A key development in the field of agent and multi-agent
systems has been the specification of agent communication languages and
formalization of ontologies. Agent communication languages are intended to provide
standard declarative mechanisms for agents to communicate knowledge and make
requests of each other, whereas ontologies are intended for conceptualization of the
knowledge domain.