Multi-Agent Systems

Definitions

A multiagent system is a system in which several interacting, autonomous, intelligent agents pursue some set of goals or perform some set of tasks.

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Multiagent Systems in Finance

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Criticisms

Agent-based modelling can stand accused of being poor science. To do science, we needs ways to test hypotheses and reach general conclusions. Railsback (2001) addresses the problem of getting ‘results’—general principles and conclusions—from multiagent systems and recommends a pattern-oriented approach.