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multiageNt SyStem
Agents and multiagent systems, inspired by the field of artifi-
cial intelligence, have demonstrated their effectiveness in solving
complex problems in various fields. We assumed to use them
to manage operations in a well-organized and coherent way.
Specialized agents will be integrated into a network in order to
control certain parameters and solve specific problems in terms
of security, confidentiality, and data integrity. In this chapter we
present the different types of agents and their properties depend-
ing on the nature of the environment. We detail the communi-
cation, the cooperation, and the architectures of agents.
4.1 Introduction
A multiagent system (MAS) is a set of agents interacting in an environ-
ment in order to achieve ...