Applying a component-based framework to develop multi-agent environments: case study
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Abstract
This paper introduces an infrastructure for engineering environments for multi-agent systems. Such an infrastructure is based on a component model specification, named CMS, which promotes dynamic unanticipated evolution of software. We propose an Agent Model Specification (AMS), focusing on environment engineering issues. Moreover, we present a Java framework that implements AMS and a case study to exemplify the application of our approach.
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DOI:10.1145/1244002
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