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In computer science, a multi-agent system (MAS) is a system composed of several agents, capable of mutual interaction. The interaction can be in the form of message passing or producing changes in their common environment. The agents can be autonomous entities, such as software agents or robots. MAS can include human agents as well.
Human organizations and society in general can be considered an example of a multi-agent system.
Multi-agent systems can manifest self-organization and complex behaviors even when the individual strategies of all their agents are simple.
Topics of research in MAS include:
- beliefs, desires, and intentions (BDI),
- cooperation and coordination,
- communication,
- distributed problem solving,
- multi-agent learning.
Multi-agent system Projects
Cognitive Agent Architecture (Cougaar)
Cougaar is a Java-based architecture for the construction of large-scale distributed agent-based applications. It is the product of a multi-year DARPA research project into large scale agent systems and includes not only the core architecture but also a variety of demonstration, visualization and management components to simplify the development of complex, distributed applications. Source: Cougaar Project (http://www.cougaar.org/)
See also
Agent, Artificial intelligence, Complex systems, Distributed artificial intelligence, Evolutionary computation, Human-based genetic algorithm, Self-organization
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