Programming Multi-Agent Systems

by Dastani, Mehdi; Dix, Jurgen; EL Fallah-Seghrouchni, Amal; Promas (Conference) 2003 Melbourne, Vic

• ISBN13: 9783540221807
• ISBN10: 3540221808
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-15
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems have grown into a promising technology offering a credible alternative for the design of intelligent and cooperative systems. Recently efforts have been made to provide novel tools, methods, and frameworks to establish the necessary standards for wider use of MAS as a technology of its own and not only as an attractive paradigm.This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the First International Workshop on Programming of the First International Workshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems, PROMAS 2003, held in Melbourne, Australia in July 2003 as part of AAMAS 2003. Besides 8 workshop papers, the volume contains 3 invited papers to complete coverage of the relevant aspects. The papers are organized in topical sections on programming multi-agent systems, languages for multi-agent systems, and principles and tools for multi-agent systems.

Table of Contents

Section I: Programming Multiagent Systems
A Vision for Multi-agent Systems Programming	1	(17)
Keith Decker
Implementing Industrial Multi-agent Systems Using JACK™	18	(31)
Rick Evertsz
Martyn Fletcher
Richard Jones
Jacquie Jarvis
James Brusey
Sandy Dance
Programming Software Agents as Designing Executable Business Processes: A Model-Driven Perspective	49	(23)
Jorg P. Muller
Bernhard Bauer
Thomas Friese
Section II: Languages for Multiagent Systems
Verifiable Multi-agent Programs	72	(18)
Rafael H. Bordini
Michael Fisher
Willem Visser
Michael Wooldridge
Claim: A Computational Language for Autonomous, Intelligent and Mobile Agents	90	(21)
Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni
Alexandra Suna
A Programming Language for Cognitive Agents Goal Directed 3APL	111	(20)
Mehdi Dastani
M. Birna van Riemsdijk
Frank Dignum
John-Jules Ch. Meyer
Section III: Principles and Tools for Multiagent Systems
Team Oriented Programming and Proxy Agents: The Next Generation	131	(18)
Paul Scerri
David V. Pynadath
Nathan Schurr
Alessandro Farinelli
Sudeep Gandhe
Milind Tambe
Developing Agent Interaction Protocols Using Graphical and Logical Methodologies	149	(20)
Shamimabi Paurobally
Jim Cunningham
Nicholas R. Jennings
Norm Adoption and Consistency in the NoA Agent Architecture	169	(18)
Martin J. Kollingbaum
Timothy J. Norman
A Tool for Integrated Design and Implementation of Conversations in Multiagent Systems	187	(14)
Martin Dinkloh
Jens Nimis
SPACE: A Method to Increase Tracability in MAS Development	201	(20)
Bruno Mermet
Gaale Simon
Dominique Fournier
Marianne Flouret
Author Index	221