@article {4912, title = {The role of the environment in agreement technologies}, journal = {Artificial Intelligence Review}, volume = {39}, year = {2013}, month = {01/2013}, pages = {21-38}, publisher = {Springer Netherlands}, chapter = {21}, abstract = {Abstract The notion of Multi-Agent System environment is currently considered as a mediating entity, functioning as enabler but possibly also as a manager and constrainer of agent actions, perceptions, and interactions. In this paper, we analyze how the environment could be a first class abstraction to support the building, the development and the management of Agreements in decentralized and open systems between autonomous agents. To this aim we analyze the synergies between the environment and the foundational dimensions of agreement technologies such as semantics, norms, organizations, argumentation \& negotiation, trust.}, keywords = {Environment {\textperiodcentered} Semantic {\textperiodcentered} Norm {\textperiodcentered} Organization {\textperiodcentered} Argumentation {\textperiodcentered} Negotiation {\textperiodcentered} Trust {\textperiodcentered} Agreement technologies}, author = {Estefania Argente and Olivier Boissier and Carlos Carrascosa and Nicoletta Fornara and Peter Mcburney and Pablo Noriega and Alessandro Ricci and J. Sabater-Mir and Michael Ignaz Schumacher and Charalampios Tampitsikas and Kuldar Taveter and Giuseppe Vizzari and George A Vouros} }