Perspectives on Regulation Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems: from Agent to Organization Centric and Beyond
In Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), the regulation of agents aims to define a balance between the control of the system and the agents’ autonomy. The ability of a MAS to adapt its regulations at run-time is an important feature that enables it to be flexible to changing situations. There is no unique approach to designing such ability. In this paper, we discuss the different options along the multi-agent oriented programming dimensions, i.e., agent, environment, interaction, and organization. We show that regulation adaptation can be managed within a single dimension or distributed in multiple dimensions. We use a case study in the manufacturing system domain to motivate the regulation adaptation in each of these dimensions.
Authors
- Jaime Simão Sichman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8924-9643)
- Olivier Boissier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2956-0533)
- Luis G. Nardin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4506-2745)
- Jomi Übner
- Elena Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6660-9378)
Institutions
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Mines Saint-Étienne (FR)
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (BR)
- Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Modélisation et d'Optimisation des Systèmes (FR)
- University of Clermont Auvergne (FR)
- Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago University Hospital (BR)
- Universidad San Pedro (PE)
- Clermont Université (FR)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5753/wesaac.2025.37527
- Primary Topic
- Auction Theory and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique