Lecture Multi-agent Systems: Technologies, Design, Platforms

Description

Uni Koblenz-Landau: VAK 04IN2053 / 432053
Uni Bremen: VAK 03-ME-710.20
Category: Lecture+Lesson, 4 SWS
Master Course
ECTS: 6, Sommer Semester
University of Koblenz-Landau
University of Bremen
Lecturer: PD Dr. Stefan Bosse

Content

Agent models, architectures, and programming models (declarative, knowledge based, reactive, object-oriented like JAVA / AgentSpeak / Jason, and procedural)
BDI model and architectures, Agent communication (FIPA-ACL)
Agents as mobile processes
Reactive Mobile Agents and their implementation; Behavioral description with dynamic Activity-Transition Graphs and metalanguage AAPL
Mapping of AAPL on concrete programming languages: AgentJS
Multi-agent systems: cooperation and collaboration
Self-organizing and self-adaptive systems
Execution platforms and frameworks for mobile agents (Jade, JAM, AFVM)
Introduction to JAM and practical lessons: JavaScript agent processing machine
Simulation with MAS and simulation of MAS
Deployment of MAS in heterogeneous environments
Usage Scenarios: Sensor Networks, Crowd Sensing, Cloud Computing, IoT, Production, Logistics, Business

Goals / competences

The students acquire / win / learn

Basic understanding of agents and their behavioral models compared to classical data processing models and classical software
Basics of distributed perceptive and reactive systems and ability of programming such systems
Basic understanding and application of communication, cooperation, and collaboration between agents
Ability of practical application and mapping of agent models with programming in simple usage scenarios
Understand and apply examples of self-organizing systems and their adaptivity
Practical implementation of simple MAS with the JAM platform, JavaScript (AgentKS), and the SEJAM Simulator
Insights into the technological implementation of multi-agent systems and agent platforms

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