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Modeling Agent-Environment Interactions in Adaptive MAS

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R. Zalila Mili,

Renee SteinerAuthors Info & Claims

Engineering Environment-Mediated Multi-Agent Systems: International Workshop, EEMMAS 2007, Dresden, Germany, October 5, 2007. Selected Revised and Invited Papers

March 2008

Pages 135 - 147

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85029-8_10

Published: 01 March 2008 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss a way to model Agent-Environment interactions in adaptive multi-agent systems. We describe the interactions at various levels of abstraction starting with the highest. For each level, we specify the interactions from four viewpoints <em>functional</em>, <em>behavioral</em>, <em>data</em>and <em>structural</em>. This results into a set of models that capture the main properties of agent-environment interactions.

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March 2008

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