C1 – Conceptual Foundations of Agent Oriented Computing

The paradigm shift of complex software systems (situatedness, openness, local control and interaction) and the move from objects to agents.

course of the deck
Course_icon.svg Multi-Agent Systems LS (2nd cycle, 2006/2007) — Andrea Omicini
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 Intelligence without Representation (article in journal, 1991) — Rodney A. Brooks
Publication_icon.svg Understanding Code Mobility (article in journal, 1998) — Alfonso Fuggetta, Gian Pietro Picco, Giovanni Vigna
Publication_icon.svg The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (book, 1996) — Thomas S. Kuhn
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 Multiagent Systems (article in journal, 2006) — Andrea Omicini, Agostino Poggi
Publication_icon.svg Towards Seamless Agent Middleware (paper in proceedings, 2004) — Andrea Omicini, Giovanni Rimassa
Publication_icon.svg Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (book, 2002) — Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig
Publication_icon.svg Coordination as a Service (article in journal, 2006) — Mirko Viroli, Andrea Omicini
Publication_icon.svg Why Interaction Is More Powerful Than Algorithms (article in journal, 1997) — Peter Wegner
Publication_icon.svg An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems (book, 2002) — Michael Wooldridge
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