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Event-Driven Programming for Situated MAS with ReSpecT Tuple Centres

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Multiagent System Technologies (MATES 2013)

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We advocate the role of tuple-based coordination languages as effective tools for event-driven programming of situated multi-agent systems (MAS). By focussing on logic-based coordination artefacts, we discuss the benefits of exploiting ReSpecT tuple centres as event-driven abstractions for MAS coordination.

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    Stefano Mariani & Andrea Omicini

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Mariani, S., Omicini, A. (2013). Event-Driven Programming for Situated MAS with ReSpecT Tuple Centres. In: Klusch, M., Thimm, M., Paprzycki, M. (eds) Multiagent System Technologies. MATES 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8076. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40776-5_26

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