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FMA 2022: Formal Methods in Architecture pp 145–173Cite as

Space Syntax as a Distributed Artificial Intelligence System: A Framework for a Multi-Agent System Development

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Thomas Schelling developed the first social agent-based simulation in 1978.

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Notes

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    The branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set between themselves and others.

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    The Foundation of Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) is now the eleventh Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society as FIPA dissolved in 2005.

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Cocho Bermejo, A. (2023). Space Syntax as a Distributed Artificial Intelligence System: A Framework for a Multi-Agent System Development. In: Mora, P.L., Viana, D.L., Morais, F., Vieira Vaz, J. (eds) Formal Methods in Architecture. FMA 2022. Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2217-8_10

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