agent platforms

An environment to build and track agent-based business collaborations

Publication Type:

Book Chapter

Authors:

Toni Penya Alba; Boris Mikhaylov; Marc Pujol-Gonzalez; Marc Esteva; Bruno Rosell; Jesús Cerquides; Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar; Carles Sierra; Carlos Carrascosa; Vicente Julian; Miguel Rebollo; Matteo Vassirani

Source:

Agreement Technologies (Law, Governance and Technology Series), Springer, p.609-622 (2013)

MaNEA: A distributed architecture for enforcing norms in open MAS

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Natalia Criado; Estefania Argente; Pablo Noriega; Vicente Botti

Source:

Engineering applications of artificial intelligence, Elsevier, Volume 26, p.76-95 (2013)

Keywords:

normative agents; norm enforcement; openMAS; agent platforms

Abstract:

Norms have been promoted as a coordination mechanism for controlling agent behaviours in open MAS. Thus, agent platforms must provide normative support, allowing both norm-aware and non norm-aware agents to take part in MAS that are controlled by norms. In this paper, the most relevant proposals on the de nition of norm enforcement mechanisms are analysed. These proposals present several drawbacks that make them unsuitable for open MAS. In response to these problems, this paper describes a new Norm-Enforcing Architecture aimed at controlling norms in open MAS. Speci cally, this architecture supports the creation and deletion of norms on-line as well as the dynamic activation and expiration of instances. Finally, it can dynamically adapt to di erent scale MAS. The eciency of this architecture has been experimentally evaluated and the results are shown in this article.

ABC4MAS : Assembling business collaborations for MAS

Publication Type:

Conference Paper

Authors:

Toni Penya Alba; Marc Pujol-Gonzalez; Marc Esteva; Bruno Rosell; Jesús Cerquides; Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar; Carles Sierra; Carlos Carrascosa; Vicente Julian; Miguel Rebollo; Mario Rodrigo; Matteo Vassirani

Source:

International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Lyon, France, p.431-432 (2011)

URL:

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6040670

Keywords:

agent platforms; combinatorial auction; multiagent system; supply chain formation; virtual organizations

Abstract:

ABC4MAS provides an environment to support the rapid assembly of agent-oriented business collaborations. ABC4MAS allows: (i) to set up a collaboration environment (CE) as a virtual organisation; (ii) to reach agreements within the CE to form short-term business collaborations; (iii) to enact business collaborations; and (iv) to track the performance of agents within business collaborations to build their trust and reputation within the CE.

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