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This article describes a testbed for the design of multi-agent systems that has been developed at DFKI. Starting from a description of the underlying conceptual agent model InteRRaP and the development environment MAGSY, two applications are presented that have been implemented in our testbed: the MARS application models a group of cooperating transportation companies; the FORKS system, a robotics application, simulates an automated loading dock.
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Fischer, K., Müller, J.P., Pischel, M. (1994). A Testbed for the Development of DAI Applications. In: Levi, P., Bräunl, T. (eds) Autonome Mobile Systeme 1994. Informatik aktuell. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79267-0_17
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