Ethogenetics: an Evolutionary Approach to Agents Organization
Résumé
In this paper, we propose an evolutionary point of view on organization in multi-agent systems, in which the MAS is seen as an ecosystem. This indeed addresses the issue of the design of evolvable agent behaviors. We introduce therefore, through the concept of Ethogenetics, some important design principles that are not fulfilled by classical evolutionary approaches. Then, we describe a framework, ATNoSFERES, that implements this concept using a specific agent behavior model; we discuss its properties and finally propose further extensions.