C3 – Agents and Artifacts: Multi-disciplinary Foundations

Andrea Omicini

What MAS can learn from other disciplines (Activity Theory, Distributed Cognition, sociology, CSCW, anthropology and ethology), with artifacts as a key abstraction.

course of the deck

Multi-Agent Systems LS (2nd cycle, 2007/2008) — Andrea Omicini

used in the lectures

Thu 11 Oct 2007, 10:00

Fri 12 Oct 2007, 11:00

same deck in other editions

C4a – Agents and Artifacts: Multi-disciplinary Foundations — Multi-Agent Systems LS

reference publication

Designing for the Dynamics of Cooperative Work Activities (paper in proceedings, 1998) — Jakob Bardram

Multiagent System Engineering: The Coordination Viewpoint (paper in proceedings, 2000) — Paolo Ciancarini, Andrea Omicini, Franco Zambonelli

Cognitive and Social Action (book, 1995) — Rosaria Conte, Cristiano Castelfranchi

Coordination, Cooperation, and Communication in the Courts: Expansive Transitions in Legal Work (book chapter, 1997) — Yrjo Engeström, Katherine Brown, L. Carol Christopher, Judith Gregory

Tools, Language and Cognition in Human Evolution (edited volume, 1993) — Kathleen R. Gibson, Tim Ingold

A History of Speculation on the Relation between Tools and Languages (book chapter, 1993) — Gordon W. Hewes

Distributed Cognition, Coordination and Environment Design (paper in proceedings, 1999) — David Kirsh

The Concept of Activity as a Basic Unit of Analysis for CSCW Research (paper in proceedings, 1991) — Kari Kuutti

Évolution et création, tome 1 (book, 1998) — Gustave Martelet

Context and Consciousness: Activity Theory and Human-Computer Interaction (edited volume, 1995) — Bonnie A. Nardi

Cognitive Artifacts (book chapter, 1991) — Donald A. Norman

Agens Faber: Toward a Theory of Artefacts for MAS (paper in proceedings, 2006) — Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli

Folk Physics for Apes: The Chimpanzee's Theory of How the World Works (book, 2000) — Daniel J. Povinelli

Activity Theory as a Framework for MAS Coordination (paper in proceedings, 2003) — Alessandro Ricci, Andrea Omicini, Enrico Denti

Programming MAS with Artifacts (paper in proceedings, 2006) — Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli, Andrea Omicini

Mind the Gap! Towards a unified view of CSCW (paper in proceedings, 2000) — Kjeld Schmidt, Carla Simone

Engineering MAS Environment with Artifacts (paper in proceedings, 2005) — Mirko Viroli, Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci

Mind in Society (book, 1978) — Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky

Environment as a First-class Abstraction in Multi-Agent Systems (article in journal, 2007) — Danny Weyns, Andrea Omicini, James J. Odell

Effective Tool Use in a Habile Agent (paper in proceedings, 2005) — Alexander B. Wood, Thomas E. Horton, Robert St. Amant