34789 - Multi - Agent Systems (2nd Cycle)

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

• Foundations of agent-oriented computing
• Agents and artifacts (A&A): the meta-model
• Programming languages for agents and MAS
• Interaction, communication, coordination, organisation, security
• Agreement technologies:  Semantic alignment, negotiation, dialogue, argumentation, virtual organizations, learning
• Agent-oriented Software Engineering (AOSE)
• Agent-oriented simulation of complex systems
• Self-* systems, autonomic computing and MAS

Operating abilities

• Use of agent-oriented technologies
• Design and development of comples software systems as MAS

 

Course contents

Introduction to the Course
The Evolution of Computational Systems: Foundations of Agent-Oriented Computing
Sources of Scientific Literature for Multiagent Systems
Agents: From Premises to Definition
Agents as Intentional Systems
Programming Intentional Agents in AgentSpeak(L) and Jason
Artifacts for Agents: Multi-disciplinary Foundations
Agents and Artifacts: The A&A Meta-model for Multiagent Systems
Programming Languages for Multiagent Systems
    Agents in tuProlog
Coordination Models & Languages
    Tuple-based Coordination: From Linda to ReSpecT & TuCSoN   
Agreement technologies   
      Semantic alignment, negotiation, dialogue, argumentation, virtual organizations, learning
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
    The SODA AOSE Methodology
Simulation & Multi-Agent Systems: An Introduction
Self-Organisation & MAS: An Introduction

Teaching methods

• Lectures and seminars with slides
• Individual projects
• Lab activity

Assessment methods

• Oral examination
• Presentation and discussion of the project

Teaching tools

• Web site of the teacher
  
• Web page of the course with slides (PDF), other materials and useful links

Links to further information

http://apice.unibo.it/xwiki/bin/view/Courses/Sma

Office hours

See the website of Andrea Omicini

See the website of Danilo Pianini