The agents journey twenty-five years of multi-agent systems Viviana Mascardi, Andrea Omicini, editors

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mascardi, Viviana, author.

Omicini, Andrea, 1965- author.

Series:

Lecture notes in computer science ; 16395.

Lecture notes in computer science 1611-3349 16395

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiagent systems.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland Springer [2026]

Summary:

"Multi-agent systems are nowadays at the core of the emerging Agentic AI field, providing the conceptual and computational foundations for building intelligent systems composed of interacting autonomous entities. These systems consist of multiple agents that engage with one another and with their environment to achieve individual and collective goals. The contributions in this volume place multiagent abstractions at the heart of intelligent systems research, raising deep and novel research questions. Collectively, they offer the reader a conceptual path tracing the evolution of the domain over recent decades, while outlining future perspectives. Specific approaches discussed include trust, self-organization, multiagent-based simulation, formal models for multiagent systems, MAS protocols, and applications in software engineering and distributed systems. Inspired in part by the success of the workshop From Objects to Agents (WOA), the contributions in this open access volume will be valuable for researchers in agent systems, AI, software engineering, and networking"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

Evolution of programming languages in agent systems and the role of computational logic / Alina Vozna, Andrea Monaldini, Stefania Costantini, Giovanni De Gasperis, Pierangelo dell’Acqua, Andrea Formisano, and Andrea Rafanelli

Looking for the best partners / Domenico Rosaci and Giuseppe M. L. Sarnè

Trust evolution in agent and multi-agent systems : a computational modeling perspective / Alessandro Sapienza, Filippo Cantucci, Cristiano Castelfranchi, and Rino Falcone

Interaction protocols : from AUML to social commitments, from artifacts to BSPL / Matteo Baldoni, Cristina Baroglio, and Roberto Micalizio

Coordination of software agents : models and languages / Giacomo Cabri, Letizia Leonardi, Stefano Mariani, and Franco Zambonelli

Self-organisation with aggregate computing : a reflection under the lenses of multi-agent systems engineering / Gianluca Aguzzi, Roberto Casadei, Danilo Pianini, and Mirko Viroli

Rethinking software agents as building blocks of software systems / Federico Bergenti and Stefania Monica

Designing agent-oriented systems / Massimo Cossentino, Luca Sabatucci, and Valeria Seidita

Agent-based computing for science and engineering : back to the future and beyond… / Alfredo Garro

Simulation and agent-based simulation at WOA : 25 years of simulation-related contributions, and an outlook of what awaits us / Giuseppe Vizzari and Daniela Briola

25 years of declarative agent technologies in Italy / Davide Ancona, Daniela Briola, Angelo Ferrando, Maurizio Martelli, and Viviana Mascardi

Intelligent agents from symbolic to neurosymbolic systems : the quest for integration / Andrea Agiollo, Roberta Calegari, Giovanni Ciatto, Matteo Magnini, Andrea Omicini, and Federico Sabbatini

From objects to agents, and back to smart objects : software agents for intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) systems / Daniel-Costel Bouleanu, Marco Loaiza, Claudio Savaglio, Costin Bădică, Raffaele Gravina, and Giancarlo Fortino

AI infrastructure : from gigastructure to edge intelligence with multi-agent systems / Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, and Viviana Mascardi

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed April 30, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Mascardi, Viviana Agents journey

ISBN:

9783032229403

3032229405

OCLC:

1587201027

Access Restriction:

Some versions Open access versions available from some providers open access