A multidisciplinary perspective on multi-agent systems

  • Authors:

  • Edmund Chattoe;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Ian Dickinson;Jim Doran;Nir Vulkan

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, email: edmund.chattoe@sociology.oxford.ac.uk;Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, Reading, UK, email: kd@cyber.reading.ac.uk;(Panel chair), Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK, email: Ian_J_Dickinson@hpl.hp.com;Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, email: doraj@essex.ac.uk;Department of Economics, Bristol University, Bristol, UK, email: N.Vulkan@bristol.ac.uk

  • Venue:
  • The Knowledge Engineering Review
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

The theory, principles and practice of multi-agent systems is typically characterised as a computational and engineering discipline, since it is through the medium of computational systems that artificial agent systems are most commonly expressed. However, most definitions of agency draw directly on non-computational disciplines for inspiration. During the 1999 UK workshop on multi-agent systems, UKMAS'99, we invited four speakers to address the conceptualisation of multi-agent systems from their perspective as non-computer scientists. This paper presents their arguments and summarises some of the key points of discussion during the panel.