A Functional Taxonomy for Artifacts

Artifacts are reactive entities located into the environment of a Multi-Agent System and are used by agents in order to reach their goals They can be classified using different criteria, such as their number of users This work presents a new taxonomy based on the function the artifacts develop within the environment of the Multi-Agent System This taxonomy facilitates the identification of the functionality of the different artifacts, so a designer can be able to easily find and adopt the most useful artifact for his needs.

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