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An agent programming manifesto

Logan, Brian

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Brian Logan



Abstract

There has been considerable progress in both the theory and practice of agent programming since Georgeff & Rao’s seminal work on the Belief-Desire-Intention paradigm. However, despite increasing interest in the development of autonomous systems, applications of agent programming are confined to a small number of niche areas, and adoption of agent programming languages in mainstream software development remains limited. This state of affairs is widely acknowledged within the community, and a number of reasons and remedies have been proposed. In this paper, I present an analysis of why agent programming has failed to make an impact that is rooted in the class of programming problems agent programming sets out to solve, namely the realisation of flexible intelligent behaviour in dynamic and unpredictable environments. Based on this analysis, I outline some suggestions for the future direction of agent programming, and some principles that I believe any successful future direction must follow.

Citation

Logan, B. (2018). An agent programming manifesto. International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, 6(2), 187-210

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 7, 2017
Publication Date Aug 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Journal of Agent-Orientated Software Engineering
Print ISSN 1746-1375
Electronic ISSN 1746-1383
Publisher Inderscience
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Issue 2
Pages 187-210
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/871572
Publisher URL http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ijaose

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