A new formal model of collaboration by multi-agent systems

This paper presents an approach to modelling collaboration. This approach is based on multi-agent system (MAS) and computer supported collaborative work (CSCW) research areas. In fact, a formal model of multi-agent system intended to design collaborative teleoperation architectures is proposed. This proposed model is based on an approach combining astutely two research areas: MAS and CSCW. In the first area, a formal model of the MAS (Ferber's approach) is used to give us features of the agent. The second area provides us a useful approach of collaboration based on the communication, coordination and production theories. Finally the MAS is implemented using a JADE (Java agent development framework) and some evaluations taking into account execution time and collaboration rate are presented and discussed.

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