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Agent Systems and Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1998

RUTH AYLETT
Affiliation:
Centre for Virtual Environments, University of Salford, UK
FRANCES BRAZIER
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NICK JENNINGS
Affiliation:
Department of Electronic Engineering, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, UK
MICHAEL LUCK
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK
HYACINTH NWANA
Affiliation:
Advanced Research and Technologies Department, BT Laboratories, UK
CHRIS PREIST
Affiliation:
Agent Technology Group, HP Laboratories, UK

Abstract

As the number of deployed multi-agent applications increases, further and better experience with the technology is gained, enabling a strong evaluation of the field from a more practical perspective. In particular, questions relating to how the theory of multi-agent systems impacts on practice, and how the practical development itself compares with other technologies, can be answered in the light of a heightened level of maturity. Given the tensions between theoreticians and practitioners in computing in general, let alone their spats in AI or multi-agent systems in particular, the discussion on agent systems and applications was both vigorous and enthusiastic

Type
Review Article
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This report is the result of a panel discussion at the Second UK Workshop on Foundations of Multi-Agent Systems (FoMAS'97). All members of the panel are authors, listed alphabetically.