phvbFM0.9beta
Users' Guide

phvJuan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar
phvFrancisco J. Martín
phvFrancisco J. Giménez
phvDavid Gutiérrez
Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA)
Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)
08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
{jar,martin,dochelio,david}@iiia.csic.es
http://www.iiia.csic.es

October 1998

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• What is ?
  • Introduction
  • Features
• Installing and Running FM
  • Where is ?
  • Installation Process
    • Software requirements
    • Installation Notes
      • Unpacking FM
      • Setting up FM
    • Running FM
• Getting Started
  • Configuring the Experimental Environment
  • Tournament Scenario Definition
  • Start
  • Auction Monitoring
    • The Monitoring Agent
    • Displaying the Tournament Evolution
  • Starting Over
• Advanced Features
  • Tournament Modes
  • How to Build Agents
    • Using the Agent Library
      • Agent0
      • NAgent
      • SAgent
      • PAgent
      • FAgent
      • ZAgent
      • LAgent
      • RAgent
      • TFTAgent
    • Using the Agent Templates
    • Editing and Removing
    • Registering Participants
  • Auction Monitoring
    • Database Access
    • The Monitoring Agent
      • The Virtual FM
      • Control Panel
    • Representing the Agents' Performance Evolution
  • FM Runtime Environment
    • How does it work?
• Miscellanea
  • Restrictions and Future Releases
  • Reporting Bugs
  • Troubleshooting
  • Where to Find More Information
  • Acknowledgements
• References
• About this document ...