M12 – Agents for Distributed Systems

Complex software systems and the paradigm change away from objects toward agent technologies: agents, their features and definition.

course of the deck
Course_icon.svg Distributed Systems (2nd cycle, 2020/2021) — Andrea Omicini
used in the lectures
same deck in other editions
reference publication
Publication_icon.svg Computational Research on Interaction and Agency (article in journal, 1995) — Philip E. Agre
Publication_icon.svg Achieving Artificial Intelligence through Building Robots (technical report, 1986) — Rodney A. Brooks
Publication_icon.svg Intelligence without Representation (article in journal, 1991) — Rodney A. Brooks
Publication_icon.svg Handbook on Agent-Oriented Design Processes (edited volume, 2014) — Massimo Cossentino, Vincent Hilaire, Ambra Molesini, Valeria Seidita
Publication_icon.svg Is it an Agent, or Just a Program?: A Taxonomy for Autonomous Agents (paper in proceedings, 1997) — Stan Franklin, Art Graesser
Publication_icon.svg Understanding Code Mobility (article in journal, 1998) — Alfonso Fuggetta, Gian Pietro Picco, Giovanni Vigna
Publication_icon.svg Objects and Agents Compared (article in journal, 2002) — James J. Odell
Publication_icon.svg Foundations of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (edited volume, 1996) — Gregory M.P. O'Hare, Nicholas R. Jennings
Publication_icon.svg Artifacts in the A&A Meta-Model for Multi-Agent Systems (article in journal, 2008) — Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli
Publication_icon.svg Towards Seamless Agent Middleware (paper in proceedings, 2004) — Andrea Omicini, Giovanni Rimassa
Publication_icon.svg Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles (article in journal, 1998) — Munindar P. Singh
Publication_icon.svg Why Interaction Is More Powerful Than Algorithms (article in journal, 1997) — Peter Wegner
Publication_icon.svg Environment as a First-class Abstraction in Multi-Agent Systems (article in journal, 2007) — Danny Weyns, Andrea Omicini, James J. Odell
Publication_icon.svg An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems (book, 2002) — Michael Wooldridge
Publication_icon.svg Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice (article in journal, 1995) — Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Publication_icon.svg Towards a Paradigm Change in Computer Science and Software Engineering: A Synthesis (article in journal, 2003) — Franco Zambonelli, H. Van Dyke Parunak