This chapter provides an overview of the fundamentals related to agent-oriented paradigm and Multi Agent Systems (MASs). Specifically, in the first part, the definition of agent and its main features are reported. The second section discusses multi-agent systems and their main features by focusing on the concepts of automation, coordination, norms and emerging behavior which characterize a MAS. Finally, in the sections third and forth, two main ways to approach and use such paradigm for developing respectively agent-based simulations and agent-based software, by breaking down the leading and most renowned reference software platforms, are discussed.

Intelligent Agents: Multi-Agent Systems

Baldoni, Matteo;Baroglio, Cristina;BERGENTI, FEDERICO;TORRONI, Paolo
2019-01-01

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This chapter provides an overview of the fundamentals related to agent-oriented paradigm and Multi Agent Systems (MASs). Specifically, in the first part, the definition of agent and its main features are reported. The second section discusses multi-agent systems and their main features by focusing on the concepts of automation, coordination, norms and emerging behavior which characterize a MAS. Finally, in the sections third and forth, two main ways to approach and use such paradigm for developing respectively agent-based simulations and agent-based software, by breaking down the leading and most renowned reference software platforms, are discussed.
2019
Encyclopedia of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Elsevier
Reference Module in Life Sciences
1
315
320
978-0-12-809633-8
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128096338203282
Agent, Agent based modeling and simulation, Agent oriented software engineering, Autonomous systems, Distributed systems, Multi agent system
Garro, Alfredo; Mühlhäuser, Max; Tundis, Andrea; Baldoni, Matteo; Baroglio, Cristina; Bergenti, Federico; Torroni, Paolo
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