Engineering Multi-Agent Systems: State of Affairs and the Road Ahead

The continuous integration of software-intensive systems together with the ever-increasing computing power offer a breeding ground for intelligent agents and multi-agent systems (MAS) more than ever before. Over the past two decades, a wide variety of languages, models, techniques and methodologies...

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Published in:Software engineering notes 2019-03, Vol.44 (1), p.18-28
Main Authors: Mascardi, Viviana, Weyns, Danny, Ricci, Alessandro, Earle, Clara Benac, Casals, Arthur, Challenger, Moharram, Chopra, Amit, Ciortea, Andrei, Dennis, Louise A., Díaz, Álvaro Fernández, El Fallah-Seghrouchni, Amal, Ferrando, Angelo, Fredlund, Lars-Åke, Giunchiglia, Eleonora, Guessoum, Zahia, Günay, Akin, Hindriks, Koen, Iglesias, Carlos A., Logan, Brian, Kampik, Timotheus, Kardas, Geylani, Koeman, Vincent J., Larsen, John Bruntse, Mayer, Simon, Méndez, Tasio, Nieves, Juan Carlos, Seidita, Valeria, Teze, Baris Tekin, Varga, László Z., Winikoff, Michael
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Language:English
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Computer Science
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Summary:The continuous integration of software-intensive systems together with the ever-increasing computing power offer a breeding ground for intelligent agents and multi-agent systems (MAS) more than ever before. Over the past two decades, a wide variety of languages, models, techniques and methodologies have been proposed to engineer agents and MAS. Despite this substantial body of knowledge and expertise, the systematic engineering of large-scale and open MAS still poses many challenges. Researchers and engineers still face fundamental questions regarding theories, architectures, languages, processes, and platforms for designing, implementing, running, maintaining, and evolving MAS. This paper reports on the results of the 6th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2018, 14th-15th of July, 2018, Stockholm, Sweden), where participants discussed the issues above focusing on the state of affairs and the road ahead for researchers and engineers in this area.
ISSN:0163-5948
DOI:10.1145/3310013.3322175