Situated agents interaction: Coordinated change of state for adjacent agents

Abstract

Situated Multi Agent System models are characterized by the fact that the environment in which these autonomous entities are placed has an explicit spatial structure influencing their behaviours and interactions. Coordination mechanisms for agents exploiting the contextual spatial information can be defined. In particular this paper focuses on issues and proposed solutions related to the coordinated change of state for agents positioned in adjacent places. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.