Applications and environments for multi-agent systems

Authors:
Paul Valckenaers;John Sauter;Carles Sierra;Juan Antonio Rodriguez-Aguilar
Affiliations:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;NewVectors LLC, Ann Arbor, USA;IIIA-CSIC, The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish Research Council, Bellatra, Spain;IIIA-CSIC, The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish Research Council, Bellatra, Spain
Venue:
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper addresses multi agent system (MAS) environments from an application perspective. It presents a structured view on environment-centric MAS applications. This comprises three base configurations, which MAS applications may apply directly or combine into a composite configuration. For each configuration, the paper presents key issues, requirements and opportunities (e.g. time management issues, real-world augmentation opportunities and state snapshot requirements). Thus, the paper delineates what environment technology may implement to serve MAS applications. Sample applications illustrate the configurations. Next, electronic institutions provide an example of an environment technology, addressing norms and laws in an agent society, already achieving some maturity. In comparison, application-domain specific environment technologies still are in embryonic stages.