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The paradigm of agent societies has proved particularly apposite for modelling multi-agent systems for networked applications, in particular when the network is open, dynamic and decentralised. In this paper, we describe a software environment which can be used for simulation and animation of these models, allowing a system designer to investigate the complex social behaviour of components, the evolution of network structures, and the adaptation of conventional rules. Effectively, the environment serves as a rapid prototyping tool for agent societies, where the focus of interest is long-term, global system behaviour as much as the verification of specific properties.
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Neville, B., Pitt, J. (2009). PRESAGE: A Programming Environment for the Simulation of Agent Societies. In: Hindriks, K.V., Pokahr, A., Sardina, S. (eds) Programming Multi-Agent Systems. ProMAS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5442. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03278-3_6
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