On cooperation in multi-agent systems

  • Authors:

  • J. E. Doran;S. Franklin;N. R. Jennings;T. J. Norman

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK;Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, USA;Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK;Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK

  • Venue:
  • The Knowledge Engineering Review
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Cooperation is often presented as one of the key concepts which differentiates multi-agent systems from other related disciplines such as distributed computing, object-oriented systems, and expert systems. However, it is a concept whose precise usage in agent-based systems is at best unclear and at worst highly inconsistent. Given the centrality of the issue, and the different ideological viewpoints on the subject, this was a lively panel which dealt with the following main issues.