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Defining coordination in multi-agent systems within an agent oriented software engineering methodology

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Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz,

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SAC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1141277.1141376

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Though interactions could be considered a key entity in the design and implementation of coordination in a multi-agent system (MAS), interactions alone do not suffice to capture the coordination view of a MAS. They are related with the evolution of agent mental states, through the execution of tasks, and determined by the context of the organization to which agents belong. Therefore, a complete specification of interactions should be more that a mere definition of a set of ordered messages. In this paper we present a semiformal description of interactions as first-class entities, and the contribution of other components of a MAS to this definition. Also, we present its computational realization, as a tool to animate and monitor the execution of specifications.

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Gomez-Sanz JFernández R(2016)INGENIASSocial Coordination Frameworks for Social Technical Systems10.1007/978-3-319-33570-4_5(77-99)Online publication date: 17-Aug-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33570-4_5
Gomez-Sanz J(2014)Ten Years of the INGENIAS MethodologyAgent-Oriented Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-54432-3_10(193-209)Online publication date: 17-Mar-2014
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54432-3_10
GarcíA-MagariñO I(2013)A collection of method fragments automated with model transformations in agent-oriented modelingEngineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence10.1016/j.engappai.2012.09.00526:3(1131-1148)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.engappai.2012.09.005
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Defining coordination in multi-agent systems within an agent oriented software engineering methodology
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Multi-agent systems

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DOI:10.1145/1141277

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Gomez-Sanz JFernández R(2016)INGENIASSocial Coordination Frameworks for Social Technical Systems10.1007/978-3-319-33570-4_5(77-99)Online publication date: 17-Aug-2016
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