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Using agent- and organisation-oriented programming to develop a team of agents for a competitive game

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The multi-agent programming contest uses a cow-herding scenario where two teams of cooperative agents compete for resources against each other. We developed such a team of agents using two well-known platforms, one based on a logic-based agent-oriented programming language, called Jason, and the other based on an organisational model, called \(\mathcal{M}\) oise. While there is significant research on both agent programming and agent organisations, this was one of the first applications of a combined approach where we can program deliberative agents and organise them using a sophisticated organisational model. In this paper, we describe and discuss our contribution to the multi-agent contest using this combination of agent and organisation programming.

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  1. Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Jomi F. Hübner

  2. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Rafael H. Bordini

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Hübner, J.F., Bordini, R.H. Using agent- and organisation-oriented programming to develop a team of agents for a competitive game. Ann Math Artif Intell 59, 351–372 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10472-010-9179-9

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