The current practice in multiagent systems typically associates the environment with
resources that are external to agents and their communication infrastructure. Advanced uses …

In this article we focus on the notion of artifact for agents in multi-agent systems (MAS) as a
basis for a new meta-model promoting the modelling and engineering of agent societies and …

This article introduces the notion of environment programming in software multi-agent
systems (MAS) and describes a concrete computational and programming model based on …

The role of IT in establishing the pervasiveness of aesthetics in today's business world is
described by Schroeder, who argues that Web design has brought visual issues into the …

Direct interaction and explicit communication are not always the best approaches for
achieving coherent systemic behaviour in the context of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). This is …

The agent oriented approach is doing great steps towards its (not yet reached) maturity; from
a software engineering point of view, it is today positively used for the analysis and design of …

There is a growing awareness in the multiagent systems research community that the
environment plays a prominent role in multiagent systems. Originating from research on …

This paper introduces the notion of artifact as a first-class abstraction in MASs (multi-agent
systems) and focuses on its impact on MAS programming. Artifacts are runtime devices …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing computational paradigm where all kinds of
everyday objects are interconnected, forming a vast cyberphysical environment at the edge …

In this paper, we identify and analyse a set of characteristics that increasingly distinguish
today's complex software systems from ''traditional” ones. Several examples in different …