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Distributing Responsibilities for Exception Handling in JaCaMo

Authors:

Matteo Baldoni,

Cristina Baroglio,

Olivier Boissier,

Roberto Micalizio,

Stefano TedeschiAuthors Info & Claims

AAMAS '21: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems

Pages 1752 - 1754

Published: 03 May 2021 Publication History

Abstract

We present an extension of the organizational model and infrastructure adopted in JaCaMo, that explicitly encompasses the notion of exception. We propose an exception handling mechanism for organization management in multi-agent systems. This mechanism relies on abstractions that are seamlessly integrated with organizational concepts, such as responsibilities, goals and norms.

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Baldoni MBaroglio CMicalizio RTedeschi SAgmon NAn BRicci AYeoh W(2023)Robust JaCaMo Applications via Exceptions and AccountabilityProceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems10.5555/3545946.3599169(3050-3052)Online publication date: 30-May-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3545946.3599169
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-48539-8_16

Index Terms

Distributing Responsibilities for Exception Handling in JaCaMo
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence

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AAMAS '21: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems

May 2021

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ISBN:9781450383073

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Umeå University, Sweden
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Imperial College London, UK
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University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

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Baldoni MBaroglio CMicalizio RTedeschi SAgmon NAn BRicci AYeoh W(2023)Robust JaCaMo Applications via Exceptions and AccountabilityProceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems10.5555/3545946.3599169(3050-3052)Online publication date: 30-May-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3545946.3599169
Briola DFerrando AMascardi V(2023)Fantastic MASs and Where to Find Them: First Results and Lesson LearnedEngineering Multi-Agent Systems10.1007/978-3-031-48539-8_16(233-252)Online publication date: 29-May-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-48539-8_16

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