Multi-Agent Coordination. Amit Konar

Acknowledgments

      The authors sincerely like to thank Prof. Surnajan Das, the vice‐chancellor of Jadavpur University (JU), and Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee and Dr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh, the pro‐vice‐chancellors of JU, Kolkata, for creating a beautiful and lively academic environment to carry out the necessary scientific work and experiments for the present book. They also would like to acknowledge the technical and moral support they received from Prof. Sheli Sinha Chaudhuri, the HoD of the Department of Electronics and Tele‐Communication Engineering (ETCE), Jadavpur University, where the background research work for the present book is carried out. Special thanks go to the reviewers of the previous publications by the authors on the selected subject. Their suggestions helped a lot to develop the present book in its current shape.

      The authors like to thank their family members for their support in many ways for the successful completion of the book. The first author wishes to mention the everlasting support and words of optimism he received from his parents, Mrs. Purnima Sadhu and Mr. Prabhat Kumar Sadhu, without whose active support, love, and affection, it would not have been possible to complete the book in the current form. He likes to acknowledge the strong gratitude he has for his elder sisters, Dr. Sucheta Sadhu and Mrs. Mithu Sadhu, who have nurtured him since his childhood and always remained as a source of inspiration in his life. The second author acknowledges the support he received from his family members for sparing him from many family responsibilities while writing this book.

The authors like to thank their students, colleagues, and coresearchers of the AI Lab, Jadavpur University, for their support in many ways during the phase of writing the book. Finally, the authors thank all their well‐wishers, who have contributed directly and indirectly toward the completion of the book.

       Arup Kumar Sadhu

       Amit Konar

      Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

      Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

      Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

      12 April 2020

About the Authors

      Dr. Arup Kumar Sadhu received his PhD (Engineering) degree in Multi‐robot Coordination by Reinforcement Learning from Jadavpur University, India, in 2017. Currently he is working with Research & Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services, India, as a scientist. His research interests include Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Path planning for unmanned aerial vehicle, Evolutionary Computation, Fuzzy Logic, and Human–Computer Interaction. He has many international conference, journal papers, and patents. He served as a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, Neurocomputing, and Applied soft computing, IJSI and FUZZ‐IEEE.

Prof. Amit Konar received his PhD (Engineering) degree from Jadavpur University, India, in 1994. Currently he is a Professor with the Department of Electronics and Tele‐Communication Engineering (ETCE), Jadavpur University, where he is the Founding Coordinator of the M. Tech. program on intelligent automation and robotics. He has supervised 28 PhD theses. He has over 350 publications in international journal and conference proceedings. He is the author of 15 books. He served as the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part‐A, and is currently serving IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems and IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. He was the recipient of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)‐accredited 1997–2000 Career Award for Young Teachers and Fellowship of National Academy of Engineers (FNAE) in 2015 for his significant contributions in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics.