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What is Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)

Chapter 192
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
A group of agents organized according to specific, precisely defined principles of community organization and operation (architecture, style of messaging, and negotiations protocols, etc.), and being supported by an adequate agent platform or infrastructure (registration, deregistration processes, communications support, etc.).
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Social Knowledge in Multi-Agent Systems
Vladimir Marík (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic) and Michal Pechoucek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch192
Abstract
The development in the recent decade has proven that the multi-agent paradigm represents a challenging framework for solving very complex tasks of cooperation in virtual organizations. Each partner/unit engaged in a virtual organization can be considered as an autonomous unit with its own resources, knowledge and goals and represented by a corresponding software module—a software agent.
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Chapter 125
Contingency Theory, Agent-Based Systems, and a Virtual Advisor
Multi-agent systems are those in which multiple agents (usually) cooperate to perform some task.
Published in Chapter: Contingency Theory, Agent-Based Systems, and a Virtual Advisor; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 23
Applications of Reinforcement Learning and Bayesian Networks Algorithms to the Load-Frequency Control Problem
A multi-agent system can be defined as a group of autonomous, interacting entities (agents) sharing a common environment, which they perceive with sensors and act with actuators. Then multi-agent systems consist of agents and their environment. According to Wooldridge (2002) . The agents in a multi-agent system have several important characteristics like, autonomy : the agents are at least partially autonomous, local views : no agent has a full global view of the system, decentralization : there is no designated controlling agent (or the system is effectively reduced to a monolithic system).
Published in Chapter: Applications of Reinforcement Learning and Bayesian Networks Algorithms to the Load-Frequency Control Problem; From: Handbook of Research on Novel Soft Computing Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practical Applications
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