On modelling agent systems with Erlang

Multi-agent systems are a kind of concurrent distributed systems. In this work, some guidelines on how to create multi-agent systems using Erlang are presented. The modelled system supports cooperation among agents by plan exchange, reconfiguration and has a certain fault-tolerance. The distributed and concurrent functional programming Erlang, together with OTP platform, allows the creation of high-availability and fault-tolerant concurrent and distributed systems, and it seems to be an interesting framework for implementing multi-agent systems. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.11 [Artificial Intelligence]: Distributed Artificial IntelligenceMultiagent systems General Terms Design Keywords Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Multi-agent Systems

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ERLANG
• Authors: Carlos Varela, Carlos Abalde, Laura M. Castro, Jose Gulías
• Keywords: Concurrent Distributed Systems, Distributed Systems, ERLANG 2004, Multi-agent Systems