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A multidisciplinary perspective on multi-agent systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2001

EDMUND CHATTOE ,
KERSTIN DAUTENHAHN ,
IAN DICKINSON ,
JIM DORAN  and
NIR VULKAN
EDMUND CHATTOE
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, email: [email protected]
KERSTIN DAUTENHAHN
Affiliation:
Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, Reading, UK, email: [email protected]
IAN DICKINSON
Affiliation:
(Panel chair), Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK, email: [email protected]
JIM DORAN
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, email: [email protected]
NIR VULKAN
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Bristol University, Bristol, UK, email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The theory, principles and practice of multi-agent systems is typically characterised as a computational and engineering discipline, since it is through the medium of computational systems that artificial agent systems are most commonly expressed. However, most definitions of agency draw directly on non-computational disciplines for inspiration. During the 1999 UK workshop on multi-agent systems, UKMAS'99, we invited four speakers to address the conceptualisation of multi-agent systems from their perspective as non-computer scientists. This paper presents their arguments and summarises some of the key points of discussion during the panel.

Type
Review Article
Information
The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 2000 , pp. 293 - 301
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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