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This chapter discusses various aspects of multiagent systems applied for intelligent coordination of agent-based computer-supported cooperation as required in groupwork.
After an initial classification and description of the most important features of agents, we will introduce aspects for modeling distributed multiagent systems and the cooperation between agents.
We will explore three basic approaches for distributed problem solving: the contract net protocol which is based on the exchange of semistructured messages, an agent-based information brokerage, and distributed meeting scheduling. The second approach is exemplified by an actual implementation, the Constraint-Based Knowledge Brokers (CBKB).
Finally we will discuss the actor model by Hewitt.
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Following the definition by the entomologist P. Grassés in 1959, these agents are called styginergic (or stigmergic).
Andreoli et al. (1995) discuss this topic in more detail.
Based on a merging strategy for agent scopes, Andreoli et al. (1997b) present first ideas on how to dynamically reduce the number of agents within a session.
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Borghoff, U.M., Schlichter, J.H. (2000). Multiagent Systems. In: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04232-8_9
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