An approach to rapid prototyping of large multi-agent systems

Wamberto W M P D Vasconcelos; C  Sierra; M  Esteva

doi:10.1109/ASE.2002.1114987

An approach to rapid prototyping of large multi-agent systems

Wamberto W M P D Vasconcelos, C Sierra, M Esteva

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Abstract

Engineering individual components of a multi-agent system and their interactions is a complex and error-prone task in urgent need of methods and tools. Prototyping is a valuable technique to help software engineers explore the design space while gaining insight and a "feel" for the dynamics of the system; prototyping also allows engineers to learn more about the relationships among design features and the desired computational behaviour. In this paper we describe an approach to building prototypes of large multi-agent systems with which we can experiment and analyse results. We have implemented an environment embodying our approach. This environment is supported by a distributed platform that helps us achieve controlled simulations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Automated Software Engineering, 2002. Proceedings. ASE 2002. 17th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos
Publisher	IEEE COMPUTER SOC
Pages	13-22
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	0769517366, 9780769517360
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE.2002.1114987
Publication status	Published - 2002

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An approach to rapid prototyping of large multi-agent systems. / Vasconcelos, Wamberto W M P D; Sierra, C ; Esteva, M .
Automated Software Engineering, 2002. Proceedings. ASE 2002. 17th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering. Los Alamitos: IEEE COMPUTER SOC, 2002. p. 13-22.

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