C4 – Agents and Artifacts: The A&A Meta-model for Multiagent Systems

The A&A meta-model: epistemological premises on definitions, then agents defined by autonomy, artifacts, workspaces and MAS engineering in A&A.

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 Multiagent System Engineering: The Coordination Viewpoint (paper in proceedings, 2000) — Paolo Ciancarini, Andrea Omicini, Franco Zambonelli
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 Zooming Multi-Agent Systems (paper in proceedings, 2006) — Ambra Molesini, Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Enrico Denti
Publication_icon.svg Objects and Agents Compared (article in journal, 2002) — James J. Odell
Publication_icon.svg Coordination Infrastructures in the Engineering of Multiagent Systems (book chapter, 2004) — Andrea Omicini, Sascha Ossowski, Alessandro Ricci
Publication_icon.svg Agens Faber: Toward a Theory of Artefacts for MAS (paper in proceedings, 2006) — Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli
Publication_icon.svg Coordination Artifacts: Environment-based Coordination for Intelligent Agents (paper in proceedings, 2004) — Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli, Cristiano Castelfranchi, Luca Tummolini