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On cooperation in multi-agent systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2001

J. E. DORAN ,
S. FRANKLIN ,
N. R. JENNINGS  and
T. J. NORMAN
J. E. DORAN
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK
S. FRANKLIN
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, USA
N. R. JENNINGS
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK
T. J. NORMAN
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK
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Abstract

Cooperation is often presented as one of the key concepts which differentiates multi-agent systems from other related disciplines such as distributed computing, object-oriented systems, and expert systems. However, it is a concept whose precise usage in agent-based systems is at best unclear and at worst highly inconsistent. Given the centrality of the issue, and the different ideological viewpoints on the subject, this was a lively panel which dealt with the following main issues.

Type
Brief Report
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 309 - 314
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This report is the result of a panel discussion at the First UK Workshop on Foundations of Multi-Agent Systems (FoMAS'96). All members of the panel are authors, listed alphabetically.