C1 – The Evolution of Computational Systems: Foundations of Agent Oriented Computing

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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, 2007/2008) — 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 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