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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

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Multi-Agent System Engineering (MAAMAW 1999)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 1647))

Abstract

Increasingly many computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous agents. Agents are being espoused as a new theoretical model of computation that more closely reflects current computing reality than Turing Machines. Agents are being advocated as the next generation model for engineering complex, distributed systems. Agents are also being used as an overarching framework for bringing together the component AI sub-disciplines that are necessary to design and build intelligent entities. Despite this intense interest, however, a number of fundamental questions about the nature and the use of agents remain unanswered. In particular:

  • what is the essence of agent-based computing?

  • what makes agents an appealing and powerful conceptual model?

  • what are the drawbacks of adopting an agent-oriented approach?

  • what are the wider implications for AI of agent-based computing?

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  1. Dept. Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, London, El 4NS, UK

    Nicholas R. Jennings

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  1. Telefónica Investigatión y Desarrollo, C/Emilio Vargas 6, E-28043, Madrid, Spain

    Francisco J. Garijo

  2. DSV, SU/KTH, Electrum 230, SE-16440, Kista, Sweden

    Magnus Boman

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Jennings, N.R. (1999). Agent-Oriented Software Engineering. In: Garijo, F.J., Boman, M. (eds) Multi-Agent System Engineering. MAAMAW 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1647. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48437-X_1

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