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Self-organization in multi-agent systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2006

GIOVANNA DI MARZO SERUGENDO
Affiliation:
University of Geneva, Department of Information Systems, 24, rue Général-Dufour, CH-1211 Geneva 4; e-mail: Giovanna.Dimarzo@cui.unige.ch
MARIE-PIERRE GLEIZES
Affiliation:
IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier, France; e-mail: Marie-Pierre.Gleizes@irit.fr
ANTHONY KARAGEORGOS
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Department of Computer & Communication Engineering, 382 21 Volos, Greece; e-mail: karageorgos@computer.org

Abstract

This paper is the synthesis of joint work realised in a technical forum group within the AgentLink III NoE framework, which elaborated on issues concerning self-organization and emergence in multi-agent systems (MAS). The work concluded on a common definition of the concepts of self-organization and emergence in MAS and the associated properties and characteristics. Also it developed towards an approach for selecting self-organization mechanisms using a number of selected reference case studies and a set of evaluation criteria.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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