An environment to build and track agent-based business collaborations
An Infrastructure for Human Inclusion in MAS
Publication Type:
Conference PaperSource:
ECAI 2012: 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Montpellier, France (2012)Keywords:
Human-agent interaction; MAS infrastructureAbstract:
The field of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) focuses on the design and development of systems composed of autonomous entities (i.e. agents) which interact in order to perform specific activities. In general, direct human participation in these systems is not considered. We advocate that 3D Virtual Worlds technology can be used to facilitate human inclusion in a MAS system. This idea is taken in Virtual Institutions (VI) which combine 3D Virtual Worlds and Electronic Institutions, an organisational MAS. In this demo we present an infrastructure, the Virtual Institutions eXEcution Environment (VIXEE), which enables the development and execution of VIs. We also provide an example application named virtual mWater (v-mWater) modelled as a VI using VIXEE. It illustrates the immersive experience provided to human participants as well as the enhancement of human-agent interactions.
ABC4MAS : Assembling business collaborations for MAS
Publication Type:
Conference PaperSource:
International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology, Lyon, France, p.431-432 (2011)URL:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6040670Keywords:
agent platforms; combinatorial auction; multiagent system; supply chain formation; virtual organizationsAbstract:
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.
