This paper brings together agent oriented programming, organisation oriented programming
and environment oriented programming, all of which are programming paradigms that …

Business process management has been the driving force of optimization and operational
efficiency for companies until now, but the digitalization era we have been experiencing …

This article introduces the notion of environment programming in software multi-agent
systems (MAS) and describes a concrete computational and programming model based on …

The continuous integration of software-intensive systems together with the ever-increasing
computing power offer a breeding ground for intelligent agents and multi-agent systems …

Just as conventional institutions are organisational structures for coordinating the activities
of multiple interacting individuals, electronic institutions provide a computational analogue …

Today's distributed applications such as sensor networks, mobile multimedia applications,
and intelligent transportation systems pose huge engineering challenges. Such systems …

A challenging problem currently addressed in the multi-agent systems area is the
development of open systems; which are characterized by the heterogeneity of their …

This chapter surveys the multi-agent programming research field by presenting and
discussing some typical multi-agent programming languages and frameworks. It provides an …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing computational paradigm where all kinds of
everyday objects are interconnected, forming a vast cyberphysical environment at the edge …

We present the JaCaMo+ framework for programming multiagent systems (MAS), where
agents interact thanks to commitment-based interaction protocols. Commitment protocols …