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Thies Wittig
Multiagent Systems in ESPRIT- From Technologies to Applications
The Framework Programmes (FP) of the European Commission plays a significant role in determining the directions of European Research. While in the beginning of these Programmes the focus was clearly on the developing new technology it has now shifted towards applicability and early market adoption, a change that is also apparent in the area of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). More than 10 years ago the Information Technology Programme ESPRIT founded a number of projects on what was called at that time "Co-operating Expertsystems". These projects aimed at technological development and less at applicability. Explicit tasks on MAS have disappeared in the current FP IV and will also not appear in the new FP V. The technology is expected to have reached a maturity that allows its use in domain-focussed projects with clear product perspectives. With standardisation activities well under way and the new FP V addressing the "Information Society" in all its aspects, MAS have an excellent chance of finding their way from research to applications and into the market.
it – Information Technology (vormals it+ti), Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag
Print ISSN: 1611-2776
Volume: 40, 04/1998
Pages: 43