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Analysis and Design of a SOA-Based Multi-agent Architecture

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Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 71))

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One of the most prevalent approaches among distributed architectures is Multi-Agent Systems. The agents have characteristics such as autonomy, reasoning, reactivity, social abilities and pro-activity which make them appropriate for developing distributed systems based on highly dynamic scenarios. Nevertheless, the development of a multi-agent system can be an extensive and delicate process. During this process, it is convenient to utilize Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) tools. Such tools facilitate and improve the engineering process, achieving models that are more detailed and closer to the multi-agent systems implementation. This paper presents the analysis and design of a Flexible and User Services Oriented Multi-agent Architecture (FUSION@). This is a new architecture that integrates intelligent agents with a service-oriented approach to facilitate and optimize the development of highly dynamic distributed systems.

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  1. Departamento de Informática y Automática, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, S/N, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Dante I. Tapia, Ricardo S. Alonso, Carolina Zato, Oscar Gil & Fernando De la Prieta

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  1. Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Maison Jean Kuntzmann, 110 av. de la Chimie, F-38041, Grenoble, France

    Yves Demazeau

  2. Department of Information and Computing Sciences, Universiteit Utrecht Centrumgebouw Noord, office A117, Padualaan 14, De Uitho, 3584CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Frank Dignum

  3. Departamento de Informática y Automática, Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado

  4. Escuela Universitaria de Informática, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Compañía 5, 37002, Salamanca, Spain

    Javier Bajo

  5. ETSI Informática, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012, Sevilla, Spain

    Rafael Corchuelo

  6. Departamento de Informática y Automática Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    Emilio Corchado

  7. Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Edificio Politécnico, Despacho 408, Campus Universitario As Lagoas s/n, 32004, Ourense, Spain

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Tapia, D.I., Alonso, R.S., Zato, C., Gil, O., De la Prieta, F. (2010). Analysis and Design of a SOA-Based Multi-agent Architecture. In: Demazeau, Y., et al. Trends in Practical Applications of Agents and Multiagent Systems. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12433-4_22

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