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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145795503321

Autore

Schumacher Michael

Titolo

Objective Coordination in Multi-Agent System Engineering : Design and Implementation / / by Michael Schumacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2001

ISBN

3-540-44933-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2001.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 154 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ; ; 2039

Disciplina

005.11

Soggetti

Computer programming

Software engineering

Computer architecture

Artificial intelligence

Computer networks

Programming Techniques

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Computer System Implementation

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Communication Networks

Software Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Positioning -- Multi-Agent Systems -- Coordination Models and Languages -- ECM and Its Instances -- The ECM Coordination Model -- The STL Coordination Language -- The STL++ Coordination Language -- The Agent & Co Coordination Language -- Case Studies in STL++ -- Collective Robotics Simulation -- Trading System Simulation -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a suitably defined coordination model distinguishing between objective (inter-agent) coordination and subjective (intra-agent) coordination, this book addresses the engineering of multi-agent systems and thus contributes to closing the gap between research and applications in agent technology. After reviewing the state of the art,



the author introduces the general coordination model ECM and the corresponding object-oriented coordination language STL++. The practicability of ECM/STL++ is illustrated by the simulation of a particular collective robotics application and the automation of an e-commerce trading system. Situated at the intersection of behavior-based artificial intelligence and concurrent and distributed systems, this monograph is of relevance to the agent R&D community approaching agent technology from the distributed artificial intelligence point of view as well as for the distributed systems community.