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A multi-agent system (MAS) is a system composed of several Agents , collectively capable of reaching goals that are difficult to achieve by an individual agent or monolithic system. OVERVIEW The exact nature of the agents is a matter of some controversy. They are sometimes claimed to be ''autonomous''. For example a household floor cleaning robot can be autonomous in that it is dependent on a human operator only to start it up. On the other hand, in practice, all agents are under active human supervision. Furthermore, the more important the activities of the agent are to humans, the more supervision that they receive. In fact, autonomy is seldom desired. Instead ''interdependent'' systems are needed. MAS can be claimed to include human agents as well. Human organizations and society in general can be considered an example of a multi-agent system. The Wikipedia community could also be considered a multi-agent system, as explained below. Multi-agent systems can manifest Self-organization and complex behaviors even when the individual strategies of all their agents are simple. Topics of research in MAS include: # beliefs, desires, and intentions ( BDI ), # cooperation and coordination, # organisation, # communication, # negotiation, # Distributed Problem Solving , # multi-agent learning. # scientific communities # dependability and fault-tolerance To share knowledge agents can use Knowledge Query Manipulation Language (KQML) or FIPA's Agent Communication Language (ACL). THE STUDY OF MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS The study of Multi-Agent Systems is concerned with the development and analysis of sophisticated Artificial Intelligence problem solving and control architectures for both single-agent and multiple-agent systems. UCLA Human Complex Systems Program , 2007. . SEE ALSO
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