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¾¾¾¾¾Î¾¾¾¾‹‹¾‹¾¾¾¾‹¾Cours SMA - 2003 Cours SMA - 2003OutlineOutlineMulti-agent Platforms-• Why multi-agent platforms? Standards in MAS : FIPA Examples of multi-agent platforms ConclusionsCosmin CarabeleaCosmin.Carabelea@emse.frSMA/SIMMOENS Mines Saint-EtiennethSeptember 30 , 2003C.Carabelea (SMA/ENSM-SE) 1 C.Carabelea (SMA/ENSM-SE) 2Cours SMA - 2003 Cours SMA - 2003Existing problems Existing problems (2)More and more applications are developed using MAS.Agent’s point of view:it needs support to perform the tasks it is required to do.BUT :how to sense and act upon its environment.There are few multi-agent oriented implementation tools how to communicate and cooperate (unique ids, service discovery, security)Few agent programming languagesMAS Design relies on existing languages and programming techniques Developer’s point of view:the agents are software programs, their creation passes through the four It’s often hard to develop MAS (implementation, distribution, communications, …) phases:analysisThe trend of the work is towards Multi-Agent Oriented designProgramming, meaning programming MAS with MAS toolsdevelopmentdeployment.A new platform is created “everyday”. Too many multi-agentFinal user’s point of view:development tools exist.how to use the multi-agent application.How to choose? How to compare?should he/she trust the agents to do the tasks they are required to do?C.Carabelea (SMA/ENSM-SE) 3 C.Carabelea ...