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Indirect interactions have been shown to be of interest in MultiAgent Systems (MAS), in the simulation area as well as in real applications. The environment is also emerging as a first-order abstraction. Intuitively, the environment being a common medium for the agents, it should be a suitable paradigm to provide an infrastructure for both direct and indirect interactions. However, it still lacks of a consensus on how the two relate to each other, and how the environment can support effectively notions as communication or awareness. We propose a general and operational model, Environment as Active Support of Interaction, that enables the agents to actively participate in the definition of their perceptions. Then, we show how the model provides a suitable framework for the regulation of the MAS interactions.
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Saunier, J., Balbo, F., Badeig, F. (2007). Environment as Active Support of Interaction. In: Weyns, D., Parunak, H.V.D., Michel, F. (eds) Environments for Multi-Agent Systems III. E4MAS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4389. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71103-2_5
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