Multi-agent systems are claimed to be especially suited to the development ofsoftware systems that are decentralized, can deal flexibly with dynamic conditions, and are open to system components that come and go. This is why they are used in domains such as manufacturing control, automated vehicles, and e-commerce markets. Danny Weyns' book is organized according to the postulate that "developing multi-agent systems is 95% software engineering and 5% multi-agentsystems theory." He presents a software engineering approach for multi-agent systems that is heavily based on software architecture - with, for example, tailored patterns such as "situated agent", "virtual environment", and "selective perception" - and on middleware for distributed coordination – with programming abstractions such as "views" and "roles." INDICE: 1) Introduction - 2) Architecture-Based Design - 3) Capturing Expertise in Multi-Agent Systems Engineering with Architectural Patterns - 4) Architectural Design of a Situated Multi-Agent System - 5) ObjectPlaces: A Middleware for Mobile Systems - 6) Task Assignment - 7) Evaluation of a Multi-Agent System Architecture - 8) Related Work - 9) Conclusions.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-01063-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés