Multi-Agent Programming Laboratory
Organizers: Prof. Dr. Christian Becker-Asano, Dr. Stefan Wölfl und Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nebel
Time and Place
Time: Friday 1pm - 5pm
Place: Building 082 - SR 00 029 (Mensa building)
Description
This practical provides hands-on experience on how to realize a multi-agent system, in which rather simple agents cooperatively solve a specific task in a 3D environment. It is based on the "breve" simulation environment, an open-source software toolkit freely available for Mac, Linux, and MS Windows platforms.
We will learn about the "subsumption architecture", which we will use to implement the "Mars Explorer World" scenario in breve's interpreter language "Steve". Your teams of agents will have to compete against each other by simultaneously collecting resources in close proximity. Extending the architecture toward a "hybrid" architecture will be your final task during this practical.
Literature and resources
The main part of this practical is based on chapter five of the book "An Introduction to Multiagent Systems" by Michael Wooldridge. Some copies are available in the computer science department's library.The latest version of the "breve" programming environment can be downloaded here: https://github.com/kephale/breve/
Please also check the following webpage for updates: https://www.becker-asano.de/index.php/teaching/35-teaching/67-multi-agent-programming-laboratory-ss12.