scholarly journals Design Patterns for Multi-agent Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

2014 ◽  
pp. 79-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Juziuk ◽  
Danny Weyns ◽  
Tom Holvoet
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent

Agent mining approaches: an ontological view

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuelle Grislin-Le Strugeon ◽  
Kathia Marcal de Oliveira ◽  
Dorsaf Zekri ◽  
Marie Thilliez
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Software Agent ◽  
Application Domain ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Mining ◽  
Multi Agent

Abstract Introduced as an interdisciplinary area that combines multi-agent systems, data mining and knowledge discovery, agent mining is currently in practice. To develop agent mining applications involves a combination of different approaches (model, architecture, technique and so on) from software agent and data mining (DM) areas. This paper presents an investigation of the approaches used in the agent mining systems by deeply analyzing 121 papers resulting from a systematic literature review. An ontology was defined to capitalize the knowledge collected from this study. The ontology is organized according to seven main facets: the problem addressed, the application domain, the agent-related and the mining-related elements, the models, processes and algorithms. This ontology is aimed at providing support to decisions about agent mining application design.

scholarly journals Logic-based technologies for multi-agent systems: a systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Calegari ◽  
Giovanni Ciatto ◽  
Viviana Mascardi ◽  
Andrea Omicini
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Computer Scientists ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Subject

Abstract Precisely when the success of artificial intelligence (AI) sub-symbolic techniques makes them be identified with the whole AI by many non-computer-scientists and non-technical media, symbolic approaches are getting more and more attention as those that could make AI amenable to human understanding. Given the recurring cycles in the AI history, we expect that a revamp of technologies often tagged as “classical AI”—in particular, logic-based ones—will take place in the next few years. On the other hand, agents and multi-agent systems (MAS) have been at the core of the design of intelligent systems since their very beginning, and their long-term connection with logic-based technologies, which characterised their early days, might open new ways to engineer explainable intelligent systems. This is why understanding the current status of logic-based technologies for MAS is nowadays of paramount importance. Accordingly, this paper aims at providing a comprehensive view of those technologies by making them the subject of a systematic literature review (SLR). The resulting technologies are discussed and evaluated from two different perspectives: the MAS and the logic-based ones.

Social Structure Based Design Patterns for Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

2009 ◽  
pp. 773-796
Author(s):  
Manuel Kolp ◽  
Stéphane Faulkner ◽  
Yves Wautelet
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Design Patterns ◽  
Autonomous Agents ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Social Patterns ◽  
Agent Oriented Software Engineering ◽  
Multi Agent

Multi-agent systems (MAS) architectures are gaining popularity over traditional ones for building open, distributed, and evolving software required by today’s corporate IT applications such as e-business systems, Web services, or enterprise knowledge bases. Since the fundamental concepts of multi-agent systems are social and intentional rather than object, functional, or implementationoriented, the design of MAS architectures can be eased by using social patterns. They are detailed agent-oriented design idioms to describe MAS architectures composed of autonomous agents that interact and coordinate to achieve their intentions, like actors in human organizations. This article presents social patterns and focuses on a framework aimed to gain insight into these patterns. The framework can be integrated into agent-oriented software engineering methodologies used to build MAS. We consider the Broker social pattern to illustrate the framework. An overview of the mapping from system architectural design (through organizational architectural styles), to system detailed design (through social patterns), is presented with a data integration case study. The automation of creating design patterns is also discussed.

Applications of multi-agent systems from the perspective of construction management: A literature review

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liqun Xiang ◽  
Yongtao Tan ◽  
Geoffrey Shen ◽  
Xin Jin
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Based Models ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
Multi Agent

PurposeThe applications of multi-agent systems (MASs) are considered to be among the most promising paradigms for detailed investigations and reliable problem-solving methods, and MAS applications make it possible for researchers and practitioners to better understand complex systems. Although a number of prior studies have been conducted to address complex issues that arise from construction projects, few studies have summarised the applications and discussed the capacity of MASs from the perspective of construction management. To fill the gap, this paper provides a comprehensive literature review of MAS applications from the perspective of construction management.Design/methodology/approachWeb of Science and Scopus are the most commonly used international databases in conducting the literature reviews. A total of 86 relevant papers published in SCI-Expanded, SSCI and Ei Compendex journals related to the application of MASs from the perspective of construction management are selected to be analysed and discussed in this paper.FindingsBased on the 86 collected publications, the utilisations of MASs to support the management of the supply chain and the improvement of project performance are identified from the perspective of construction management, the characteristics and barriers of current MAS applications are analysed, a framework for developing agent-based models to address complex problems is proposed, and future research directions of MAS applications are discussed.Originality/valueThis review can serve as a useful reference for scholars to enhance their understanding of the current research and guide future research on MASs. The proposed framework can help build agent-based models to address complex problems in construction management.

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