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Signs of a Revolution in Computer Science and Software Engineering

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Engineering Societies in the Agents World III (ESAW 2002)

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Several characteristics distinguish today’s complex software systems from “traditional” ones. Examples in different areas show that these characteristics, already the focus of agent-oriented software engineering research, influence many application domains. These characteristics will impact how software systems are modeled and engineered. We are on the edge of a revolutionary shift of paradigm, pioneered by the multi-agent systems community, and likely to change our very attitudes in software systems modeling and engineering.

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  1. Dip. di Scienze e Metodi dell’Ingegneria, Univ. di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Franco Zambonelli

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    H. Van Dyke Parunak

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  1. Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Agents and New Media Group, Schottengasse 3, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Paolo Petta

  2. AG Netzbasierte Informationssysteme, Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Informatik, Takustr. 9, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Robert Tolksdorf

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze e Metodi dell’Ingegneria, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Allegri 13, 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Franco Zambonelli

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Zambonelli, F., Van Dyke Parunak, H. (2003). Signs of a Revolution in Computer Science and Software Engineering. In: Petta, P., Tolksdorf, R., Zambonelli, F. (eds) Engineering Societies in the Agents World III. ESAW 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2577. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-39173-8_2

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