A novel approach for developing autonomous and collaborative agents

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel approach that customize the BDI model to define a so-called "RBDIA: Rapport-Belief-Desire-Intention-Adaptation" as a generic method to support progress from individual autonomous agent concept towards a collaborative multiple agents. Rapport here refers to the component that connects an agent to its environment, whereas Adaptation module incorporates mechanisms of learning. The contribution of this paper is twofold: first, we develop a novel modeling approach that enable us to combine the internal and social structures of collaborative multigent, and second the proposed methodology is applied to a real-world application for assistance in product development process. We believe that the five proposed tiers for multi-agent systems (MAS) development serves for mastering the complexity and the difficulty of setting up effective autonomous collaborative MAS. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.