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International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

AOSE 2001: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II pp 297–317Cite as

A Lifecycle for Models of Large Multi-agent Systems

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Two key issues in building multi-agent systems concern their scalability and engineering open systems. We offer solutions to these potential problems by introducing a lifecycle for models of large multi-agent systems. Our proposal connects a model for the collective analysis of agent systems with an individual-based model. This approach leads on to a virtuous cycle in which individual behaviours can be mapped on to global models and vice-versa. We illustrate our approach with a formal example but relatively easy for engineers to follow and adapt.

Work sponsored by the European Union, contract IST-1999-10208, research grant Sustainable Lifecycles in Information Ecosystems (SLIE).

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  1. Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, EH1 1HN, Edinburgh, UK

    Wamberto Vasconcelos, David Robertson & Christopher Walton

  2. Institut d’Investigació en Intel-ligéncia Artificial (IIIA), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain

    Jaume Agustíý, Carles Sierra & Jordi Sabater

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK

    Michael Wooldridge & Simon Parsons

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Liverpool, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK

    Michael J. Wooldridge

  2. Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, 80290, München, Germany

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  3. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Informazione, University of Bologna, Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini

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Vasconcelos, W. et al. (2002). A Lifecycle for Models of Large Multi-agent Systems. In: Wooldridge, M.J., Weiß, G., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II. AOSE 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70657-7_19

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