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Multiagent systems and societies of agents
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Swarm intelligence: from natural to artificial systems
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On agent-based software engineering
Artificial Intelligence
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Integrating tools and infrastructures for generic multi-agent systems
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents
Multi-Agent Systems: An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence
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Coordination Artifacts: Environment-Based Coordination for Intelligent Agents
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Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents
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Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems V
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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering IX
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A reference model for agent-based modeling and simulation
SpringSim '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference
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A formal environment model for multi-agent systems
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AGRE: integrating environments with organizations
E4MAS'04 Proceedings of the First international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
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E4MAS'04 Proceedings of the First international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
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E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
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E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
An environment-based methodology to design reactive multi-agent systems for problem solving
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
An architecture for MAS simulation environments
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Indirect interaction in environments for multi-agent systems
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
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E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Overhearing and direct interactions: point of view of an active environment
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
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E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
A survey of environments and mechanisms for human-human stigmergy
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Augmenting the physical environment through embedded wireless technologies
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
The environment: an essential abstraction for managing complexity in MAS-Based manufacturing control
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Exploiting a virtual environment in a real-world application
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Web sites as agents' environments: general framework and applications
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Environment organization of roles using polymorphism
E4MAS'05 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Environments for Multi-Agent Systems
Action and perception in agent programming languages: from exogenous to endogenous environments
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Modeling agents and their environment in multi-level-DEVS
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The role of the environment in agreement technologies
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DS-RT '13 Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/ACM 17th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
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It is generally accepted that the environment is an essential compound of multiagent systems (MASs). Yet the environment is typically assigned limited responsibilities, or even neglected entirely, overlooking a rich potential for the paradigm of MASs. Opportunities that environments offer, have mostly been researched in the domain of situated MASs. However, the complex principles behind the concepts and responsibilities of the environment and the interplay between agents and environment are not yet fully clarified. In this paper, we first give an overview of the state-of-the-art on environments in MASs. The survey discusses relevant research tracks on environments that have been explored so far. Each track is illustrated with a number of representative contributions by the research community. Based on this study and the results of our own research, we identify a set of core concerns for environments that can be divided in two classes: concerns related to the structure of the environment, and concerns related to the activity in the environment. To conclude, we list a number of research challenges that, in our opinion, are important for further research on environments for MAS.