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A Review of Agent-Based Programming for Multi-Agent Systems

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Cardoso, Rafael C., Ferrando, Angelo·2021·Computers
DOI 10.3390/computers10020016
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Intelligent and autonomous agents is a subarea of symbolic artificial intelligence where these agents decide, either reactively or proactively, upon a course of action by reasoning about the information that is available about the world (including the environment, the agent itself, and other agents). It encompasses a multitude of techniques, such as negotiation protocols, agent simulation, multi-agent argumentation, multi-agent planning, and many others. In this paper, we focus on agent programming and we provide a systematic review of the literature in agent-based programming for multi-agent systems. In particular, we discuss both veteran (still maintained) and novel agent programming languages, their extensions, work on comparing some of these languages, and applications found in the literature that make use of agent programming.

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Authors
Cardoso, R. C., & Ferrando, A.
Affiliations
University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Cardoso, Rafael C.
  • Ferrando, Angelo
ORCID
Venue
Computers
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2021-01-27
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
16
ISSN
2073-431X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/computers10020016
OpenAlex
W3121694942
Cited by
133
References
4
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 9
FWCI
6.54
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en
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  • Computers (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa) (submittedVersion)
Funders
UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/R026084/1, EP/R026092/1, EP/R026173/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
Keywords
agent-oriented programming, multi-agent systems, agent programming languages, cross-linguistic comparison, multi-agent planning, negotiation protocols, agent-based modeling

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