Iterative Software Engineering for Multiagent Systems The MASSIV
The agent metaphor and the agent-based approach to systems design constitute a promising new paradigm for building complex distributed systems. However, until now, the majority of the agent-based applications available have been built by researchers who s
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science Edited by G. Goos, J. Hartmanis and J. van Leeuwen
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J¨urgen Lind
Iterative Software Engineering for Multiagent Systems The MASSIVE Method
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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell,Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany Author J¨urgen Lind iteratec GmbH Inselkammerstr. 4, 82008 Unterhaching, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Lind, J¨urgen: Iterative software engineering for multiagent systems : the MASSIVE method / J¨urgen Lind. - Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Barcelona ; Hong Kong ; London ; Milan ; Paris ; Singapore ; Tokyo : Springer, 2001 (Lecture notes in computer science ; 1994 : Lecture notes in artificial intelligence) ISBN 3-540-42166-1
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Foreword
Agent-based techniques are beginning to be used to develop a wide range of commercial and industrial applications. This take up is occurring because the agent-based approach offers a natural and powerful means of conceptualising, designing and building complex, distributed systems. The key conceptual components from which this new approach to software engineering derives its power are: (i) the autonomous components (agents) that can achieve their objectives in flexible ways; (ii) the high-level interactions (e.g., cooperation, coordination and negotiation) in which these agents can engage; and (iii) the organisational structures (e.g., teams, coalitions and various forms of hierarchy) into which the agents can arrange themselves. When taken together, the agents represent the application’s basic units of computation, the interactions represent the inter-connections between these units and the organisational structures define the way the components relate to one another. Although the agent-based approach appears to offer a promising new paradigm for building
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