The environment provides the conditions under which an entity (agent or object) exists. The definition distinguishes between the physical environment and the communication environment. The physical environment provides the laws, rules, constraints and policies that govern and support the physical existence of the agents and the entities. The communication environment provides the principles and processes that govern and support exchanges of ideas, knowledge and information, and the functions and structures that are commonly deployed to exchange communication, such as roles, groups and interactions protocols between roles and groups.
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Using Semantics in the Environment for Multiagent-Based Simulation
Florian Béhé (Checksem Group, LE2I, Université de Bourgogne, France & Multiagent Group, IRTES-SET, UTBM, France), Christophe Nicolle (University of Burgundy, France), Stéphane Galland (Multiagent Group, IRTES-SET, UTBM, France), Nicolas Gaud (Multiagent Group, IRTES-SET, UTBM, France), and Abderrafiaa Koukam (Multiagent Group, IRTES-SET, UTBM, France)
Copyright: © 2015
|Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch121
Abstract
In this chapter, we carry out an overview and analysis of the usage of semantics to enhance environments in the domain of multiagent-based simulations. Firstly, we take a look at what a multiagent system (MAS) is, and after that we look at the environment for these systems, and why semantics are required in it. Various propositions to put semantics in the environment for MAS are then reviewed, as well as the strengths and weaknesses for these approaches. These propositions are grouped together under two categories, regarding whether the proposed approach is based on only the environment or on both the agents and the environment. The paper is then concluded with findings that have emerged by analyzing the various proposed approaches.