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International Workshop on Programming Multi-Agent Systems

ProMAS 2003: Programming Multi-Agent Systems pp 1–17Cite as

A Vision for Multi-agent Systems Programming

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Abstract

In order to increase the number of agent applications in practical use, it is a given that we need to incease the rate at which problems are conceptualized and specified using MAS-based approaches. However, we must also address two other problems: moving from specification to actual implemented systems without programming from scratch, and the training of people to carry out such work. In this paper we examine four desiderata for practical development tools – a focus on programming as opposed to architecture; programming at the multi-agent level; ”value-added” architectures; support for persistent, flexible, robust action. We also examine observed training shortfalls of graduate students attempting to implement technically complex multi-agent applications. These desiderata and observations are made in the context of DECAF, an MAS development toolkit developed at the University of Delaware and based on early versions of RETSINA.

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  1. Dept. of Computer & Information Sciences, University of Delware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA

    Keith Decker

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  1. Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Mehdi M. Dastani

  2. Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Str. 4, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Jürgen Dix

  3. University Paris X and LIP6 (University Paris 6 and CNRS - UMR 7606), 8, Rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015, Paris, France

    Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni

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Decker, K. (2004). A Vision for Multi-agent Systems Programming. In: Dastani, M.M., Dix, J., El Fallah-Seghrouchni, A. (eds) Programming Multi-Agent Systems. ProMAS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3067. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25936-7_1

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