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Agent-Oriented Control in Real-Time Computer Games

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Programming Multi-Agent Systems (ProMAS 2009)

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We introduce a new methodology that allows to apply techniques and methods from agent-oriented programming (AOP) to computer games. To this end, we introduce an underlying model based on agents, controllable entities, and an agents-entities-relation. Then we elaborate on a method how to steer several controllable entities through an environment with a single agent. Finally, we show how AOP can be used to implement several agents based on the method.

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  1. Department of Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Straße 4, 38678, Clausthal, Germany

    Tristan M. Behrens

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  1. Distributed Systems and Information Systems, Computer Science Department, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Lars Braubach

  2. LIP6, Paris VI, 104 Avenue Kennedy, 75016, Paris, France

    Jean-Pierre Briot

  3. School of Computer Science, RMIT University, 3000, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

    John Thangarajah

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Behrens, T.M. (2010). Agent-Oriented Control in Real-Time Computer Games. In: Braubach, L., Briot, JP., Thangarajah, J. (eds) Programming Multi-Agent Systems. ProMAS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5919. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14843-9_17

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