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Enhancing the role of multi-agent systems in the development of intelligent environments
Springer - Series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol. 71The development of Intelligent Environments is a complex challenge. This
complexity arises, in part, from the amount of different devices that need to be seamlessly
integrated in a common and homogeneous environment, despite the fact of each device
having its own characteristics. This heterogeneity of devices is particularly risky when one
passes from the specification to the implementation phase, where all unexpected things start
to happen. Multi-agent systems are the paradigm par excellence for implementing
Intelligent Environments. However, traditionally, agents are only used at the
implementation phase. In this paper we propose a new 3 step approach in which agents are
used during all the development process, playing undoubtedly a much more preponderant
role and making the path from the specification to the implementation a much easier and
controllable one, always having in mind the challenges of the development of Intelligent
Environments
Introduction to the Special Issue: The AgentLink III Technical Forums
This article introduces the special issue of ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems devoted to research papers arising from the three Technical Forum Group meetings held in 2004 and 2005 that were organized and sponsored by the European FP6 Coordination Action AgentLink III
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