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Agent-Based Software Engineering for Robotics

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Distributed autonomous robotic systems; Multi- agent systems; Multi-robot systems

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Agent

[…] agents […] are [computer systems] situated in a constantly changing environment; […] have only partial, possibly incorrect information about the environment, and are able to make (at best) limited predictions about what the future will hold; […] are able to act upon the environment in order to change it, but have at best partial control over the results of their actions; […] have possibly conflicting tasks they must perform; […] have available many different possible courses of action; […] are required to make decisions in a timely fashion. […] key properties enjoyed by agents [are: …]

  • autonomy: agents operate without the direct intervention of humans or others, and have control over their actions and internal state;

  • social ability: agents are able to cooperate with humans or other agents in order to achieve their tasks;

  • reactivity: agents perceive their environment, and...

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    Noury Bouraqadi

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Marcelo H. Ang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Oussama Khatib

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Bruno Siciliano

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  1. Department of Management Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo, Dalmine, Italy

    Davide Brugali

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Bouraqadi, N. (2020). Agent-Based Software Engineering for Robotics. In: Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41610-1_8-1

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