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Application Framework with Abstractions for Protocol and Agent Role

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Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2016)

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In multi-agent systems, agents interact by sending and receiving messages and the actual sequences of message form interaction structures between agents. The development process and the resulting description of the organization of an agent (in order to handle several ongoing interactions) are comprehensive and complex. Abstraction in the form of protocols and agent roles (for internal organization of agents) support these interaction structures: The development process becomes efficient and flexible—and the description becomes understandable. The abstractions protocol and agent roles are supported by a simple and expressive application framework.

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We thank Palle Nowack and Daniel May for inspiration and support.

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  1. Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

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  2. TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Niedersachsen, Germany

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  3. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Kristensen, B.B. (2016). Application Framework with Abstractions for Protocol and Agent Role. In: Baldoni, M., Müller, J., Nunes, I., Zalila-Wenkstern, R. (eds) Engineering Multi-Agent Systems. EMAS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10093. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50983-9_6

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