The Past and Future of Multiagent Systems
Mayra C. Vidal, Paul A. Buhler, Hrishikesh J. Goradia · 2004
We describe the lessons learned from using various technologies as aids in teaching a graduate multiagent systems class. The class has been offered six times over the last five years. The technologies described are RoboCup (along with our Biter and SoccerBeans tools), NetLogo, JADE, and FIPA-OS. We also discuss our view of the future of multiagent systems which includes the separation of software agent design into a separate class that focuses on distributed programming and the development of a unifying notation for representing multiagent problems.