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References

Books

• An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems -- Michael Wooldridge, 2002;

• Multiagent Systems -- Algorithmic, Game-Theoretic, and Logical Foundations -- Yoav Shoham, Kevin Leyton-Brown, 2008;

• Fundamentals of Multiagent Systems -- Jose M. Vidal, 2007;

Journals

• Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems;

Conferences

• International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS);

• European Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems (EUMAS);

Laboratories

• The Multi-Agent Systems Lab -- University of Massachusetts at Amherst;

Links

• AIRG Multi-Agent Systems Webliography;

• Multi-Agent Systems;

Tools

Languages

• NetLogo;

Context

• from <<Cite(1)>>:

  • ubiquity;
  • interconnection;
  • intelligence;
  • delegation;
  • human-orientation;

Properties

• each agent has a limited view of the entire universe;
• decentralized system, there is no global authority;
• communication is asynchronous;
• autonomous agents;
• heterogeneous agents;
• open and dynamic environment;
• intelligence translates into:
  • reactivity;
  • proactivity: goal directed behaviour;
  • social ability;

Chalanges

• modeling;
• communication: encoding, protocols, transport;
• coordination, conflict resolution;
• organization: roles, hierarchies, relations, connections, discovery;
• task assignment: dynamic, adaptive;

Architectures

• deliberative:
  • Belief-Desires-Intention (BDI);
• reactive;
• hybrid;

Environment

• from <<Cite(1)>>:

  • properties:
    • accessible vs. inaccessible;
    • deterministic vs. non-deterministic;
    • static vs. dynamic;
    • discrete vs. continuous;
  • the agent has partial control of the environment;

Related domains

• Artificial Intelligence (AI), mostly Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI);
• Distributed Computing;
• Biology, Social Sciences;

Views

• from <<Cite(1)>>:

  • agents as a paradigm for software engineering: emphasis on highly interconnected and concurrent systems;
  • agents as a tool for understanding human societies;

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• reactive systems make continuously local decisions, that have global effects upon their environment;

Reading queue

• http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/assets/PDF/AIMag19-02-2-article.pdf;

• http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds5-4/multiagent.html;

• http://mas.cs.umass.edu/pub/paper_detail.php/87;

Bibliography

• 1 -- Wooldridge;