Special Issue “Multi-Agent Systems”: Editorial
Multi-agent systems (MAS) allow and promote the development of distributed and intelligent applications in complex and dynamic environments. Applications of this kind have a crucial role in our everyday life, as witnessed by the broad range of domains they are deployed to—such as manufactu...
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| description | Multi-agent systems (MAS) allow and promote the development of distributed and intelligent applications in complex and dynamic environments. Applications of this kind have a crucial role in our everyday life, as witnessed by the broad range of domains they are deployed to—such as manufacturing, management sciences, e-commerce, biotechnology, etc. Despite heterogeneity, those domains share common requirements such as autonomy, structured interaction, mobility, and openness—which are well suited for MAS. Therein, in fact, goal-oriented processes can enter and leave the system dynamically and interact with each other according to structured protocols. This special issue gathers 17 contributions spanning from agent-based modelling and simulation to applications of MAS in situated and socio-technical systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b5cb5df16c5425f9a9d52636c66c10a2022-12-21T18:40:38ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172019-03-019595410.3390/app9050954app9050954Special Issue “Multi-Agent Systems”: EditorialStefano Mariani0Andrea Omicini1Department of Sciences and Methods of Engineering, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, 42122 Modena, ItalyDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Università di Bologna, 47521 Cesena, ItalyMulti-agent systems (MAS) allow and promote the development of distributed and intelligent applications in complex and dynamic environments. Applications of this kind have a crucial role in our everyday life, as witnessed by the broad range of domains they are deployed to—such as manufacturing, management sciences, e-commerce, biotechnology, etc. Despite heterogeneity, those domains share common requirements such as autonomy, structured interaction, mobility, and openness—which are well suited for MAS. Therein, in fact, goal-oriented processes can enter and leave the system dynamically and interact with each other according to structured protocols. This special issue gathers 17 contributions spanning from agent-based modelling and simulation to applications of MAS in situated and socio-technical systems.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/5/954multi-agent systemsagent-based modellingagent-based simulationagent-oriented technologiescoordinationArtificial Intelligencecomputer science |
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| title | Special Issue “Multi-Agent Systems”: Editorial |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Special Issue “Multi-Agent Systems”: Editorial |
| title_short | Special Issue “Multi-Agent Systems”: Editorial |
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| topic | multi-agent systems agent-based modelling agent-based simulation agent-oriented technologies coordination Artificial Intelligence computer science |
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