Agent Systems and Applications

  • Authors:

  • Ruth Aylett;Frances Brazier;Nick Jennings;Michael Luck;Hyacinth Nwana;Chris Preist

  • Affiliations:

  • Centre for Virtual Environments, University of Salford, UK;Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK;Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK;Advanced Research and Technologies Department, BT Laboratories, UK;Agent Technology Group, HP Laboratories, UK

  • Venue:
  • The Knowledge Engineering Review
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

As the number of deployed multi-agent applications increases, further and better experience with the technology is gained, enabling a strong evaluation of the field from a more practical perspective. In particular, questions relating to how the theory of multi-agent systems impacts on practice, and how the practical development itself compares with other technologies, can be answered in the light of a heightened level of maturity. Given the tensions between theoreticians and practitioners in computing in general, let alone their spats in AI or multi-agent systems in particular, the discussion on agent systems and applications was both vigorous and enthusiastic