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Debugging agents in agent factory

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Rem CollierAuthors Info & Claims

ProMAS'06: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Programming multi-agent systems

Pages 229 - 248

Published: 09 May 2006 Publication History

Abstract

The ability to effectively debug agent-oriented applications is vital if agent technologies are to become adopted as a viable alternative for complex systems development. Recent advances in the area have focussed on the provision of support for debugging agent interaction where tools have been provided that allow developers to analyse and debug the messages that are passed between agents.

One potential approach for constructing agent-oriented applications is through the use of agent programming languages. Such languages employ mental notions such as beliefs, goals, commitments, and intentions to facilitate the construction of agent programs that specify the high-level behaviour of the agent. This paper describes how debugging has been supported for one such language, namely the Agent Factory Agent Programming Language (AFAPL).

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Debugging agents in agent factory
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
      1. Intelligent agents
      2. Multi-agent systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software verification and validation
      1. Software defect analysis
        Software testing and debugging

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ProMAS'06: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Programming multi-agent systems

May 2006

249 pages

ISBN:9783540719557

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Rafael H. Bordini
University of Durham, Department of Computer Science, Durham, UK
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Mehdi Dastani
Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Jürgen Dix
Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni
LIP6, Paris, France

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