piotr gmytrasiewicz xtuytcsuicedu jair pleased announce publication following article gmytrasiewicz p j doshi p 2005 framework sequential planning multiagent settings volume 24 pages 4979 quick access via www browser use url httpwwwjairorgabstractsgmytrasiewicz05ahtml abstract paper extends framework partially observable markov decision processes pomdps multiagent settings incorporating notion agent models state space agents maintain beliefs physical states environment models agents use bayesian updates maintain beliefs time solutions map belief states actions models agents may include belief states related agent types considered games incomplete information express agents autonomy postulating models directly manipulable observable agents show important properties pomdps convergence value iteration rate convergence piecewise linearity convexity value functions carry framework approach complements traditional approach interactive settings uses nash equilibria solution paradigm seek avoid drawbacks equilibria may nonunique capture offequilibrium behaviors cost represent process continuously revise models agents since agents beliefs may arbitrarily nested optimal solutions decision making problems asymptotically computable however approximate belief updates approximately optimal plans computable illustrate framework using simple application domain show examples belief updates value functions article available via compaijairpapers also see compaijairannounce world wide web url world wide web server httpwwwjairorg direct access article related files try httpwwwjairorgabstractsgmytrasiewicz05ahtml anonymous ftp carnegiemellon university usa ftpftpcscmueduprojectjairvolume24gmytrasiewicz05aps compressed postscript file named gmytrasiewicz05apsz information jair visit www ftp sites contact cakceqisiedu piotr gmytrasiewicz associate professor department computer science email xtuytcsuicedu university illinois chicago phone 312 3551320 851 south morgan street fax 312 4130024 chicago il 606077053 httpwwwcsuicedupiotr wed 06 aug 2008 100059 0500 uai planning multiagent domains