This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of
autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and …

This monograph presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey on approaches to the
design of intelligent agents. On the theoretical side, the author identifies a set of general …

Abstract The European Commission's eEurope initiative aims to bring every citizen, home,
school, business and administration online to create a digitally literate Europe. The value …

This paper outlines an abridged history of agents as a guide for the reader to understand the
trends and directions of future agent design. This description includes how agent …

This article is an introductory survey of agent-based computing. The article begins with an
overview of micro-level issues in agent-based systems: issues related to the design and …

Agents and Multiagent Systems: Themes, Approaches, and Challenges Page 1 Agents and
Multiagent Systems: Themes, Approaches, and Challenges Michael N. Huhns* Dept of …

Intelligent agents are a new paradigm for developing software applications. More than this,
agent-based computing has been hailed as 'the next significant breakthrough in software …

This paper presents a survey on multi-agent platforms, with a particular focus on
methodology. It presents the four stages of the construction of a multi-agent system and …

Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis for both Artificial Intelligence
and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to improve the theory and the …

Increasingly many computer systems are being viewed in terms of autonomous agents.
Agents are being espoused as a new theoretical model of computation that more closely …