Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV : Research Issues and Practical Applications

This book presents a coherent, well-balanced survey of recent advances in software engineering approaches to the design and analysis of realistic large-scale multi-agent systems (MAS). The chapters included are devoted to various techniques and methods used to cope with the complexity of real-world MAS. Reflecting the importance of agent properties in todays software systems, the power of agent-based software engineering is illustrated using examples that are representative of successful applications.