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A Development Environment for the Realization of Open and Scalable Multi-agent Systems

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Multi-Agent System Engineering (MAAMAW 1999)

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

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This paper presents a development environment suitable for the design and implementation of multi-agent systems. This environment is designed following the guidelines found in FIPA specifications. Therefore, it offers the management agents and services necessary to realize a FIPA-compliant open system. An agent prototype is also provided in order to ease the implementation of domain-specific agents. Even if the development environment mainly supports the C++ language, the resulting architectures are heavily based on the concept of roaming agent through a distributed environment. Interoperability with other systems, supporting other languages such as Java, is guaranteed by FIPA specifications. The presented environment has been used to develop a multi-agent system that should integrate the different software modules performing sensory data interpretation, planning and faults diagnosis of a robot working in a space station.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181A, I - 43100, Parma, Italy

    Federico Bergenti & Agostino Poggi

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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

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Bergenti, F., Poggi, A. (1999). A Development Environment for the Realization of Open and Scalable Multi-agent Systems. 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_5

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