Multi-Agent systems - WMM8AI04

Informations générales

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 12.0
    • Projects -
    • Tutorials -
    • Internship -
    • Laboratory works 12.0
    • Written tests -

    ECTS

    ECTS 3.0

Goal(s)

Understand the multi-agent paradigm, its history, the functioning of a MAS, the underlying research challenges, and the various application fields, with a focus on agent-based simulation.

Get an overview of methodologies for developing MAS, existing tools for implementing them, current applications and future prospects.

Responsible(s)

Carole ADAM

Content(s)

Introduction and history of MAS. Reactive agents, emergence. Cognitive agents, BDI logics. Interactions, languages, conversational agents. Organisation in MAS, synchronisation, planning, task allocation. Agent-based simulation. Tools and languages for implementing MAS and agent-based simulation (practical sessions with the GAMA platform). Applications of MAS, future prospects.

Prerequisites

None

Test

Evaluation : 30% of Examen(s) écrit(s) + TP and 70% of Examen écrit (2h)

Resit : 30% of Examen(s) écrit(s) + TP (reported score) and 70% of Examen écrit (2h)

Oral presentation of research papers.
Agent-based simulation tutorial with the GAMA platform.

Final exam: course questions; modelling exercise; research paper analysis... (written, 2h)
Re take : written session 2, 2h

The exam is given in english only

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

  • Curriculum - Master in Computer Science - Semester 8 (this course is given in english only)
see the course schedule for 2026-2027

Additional Information

Course ID : WMM8AI04
Course language(s): FR

You can find this course among all other courses.

Bibliography

LIVRES / BOOKS
Russell & Norvig (2003) - AI, a modern approach. Prentice Hall.
Wooldridge (2002) - An introduction to Multi-Agent Systems. Wiley.
Epstein, Joshua M., and Robert Axtell. Growing artificial societies: social science from the bottom up. Brookings Institution Press, 1996.
Ferber (1995) - Les systèmes multi-agent. InterEditions.

ARTICLES / PAPERS
Macal, C. M., & North, M. J. (2009, December). Agent-based modeling and simulation. In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 86-98). IEEE.
Macal, Charles M. "Everything you need to know about agent-based modelling and simulation." Journal of Simulation 10.2 (2016): 144-156.