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Using the SPACE Intermediate Model to Help to Implement Agents

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Foundations of Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2003)

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In this article, an intermediate model for specifying agents is described. This model makes easier the transition between a conceptual model (like the BDI one) and a multiagent environment. The SPACE model is specified. An example of application to BDI agents is also presented.

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  1. Laboratoire d’informatique du Havre, BP 540, 76058, Le Havre Cedex, FRANCE

    Dominique Fournier, Bruno Mermet, Gaële Simon & Marianne Flouret

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  1. The International WIC Institute, Beijing University of Technology, China

    Ning Zhong

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, NC 28223, Charlotte, USA

    Zbigniew W. Raś

  3. Shimane University, 89-1 Enya-cho Izumo, 6938501, Shimane, Japan

    Shusaku Tsumoto

  4. Department of Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi, 819-0395, Fukuoka, Japan

    Einoshin Suzuki

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Fournier, D., Mermet, B., Simon, G., Flouret, M. (2003). Using the SPACE Intermediate Model to Help to Implement Agents. In: Zhong, N., Raś, Z.W., Tsumoto, S., Suzuki, E. (eds) Foundations of Intelligent Systems. ISMIS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2871. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39592-8_31

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