Reimagining Robust Distributed Systems Through Accountable MAS

Robustness is an important property of software systems; the availability of proper feedback is crucial to obtain it, especially when a system consists of distributed and interconnected components. Multiagent systems (MAS) are valuable for conceptualizing and implementing distributed systems, but th...

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Published inIEEE internet computing Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 7 - 14
Main Authors Baldoni, Matteo, Baroglio, Cristina, Micalizio, Roberto, Tedeschi, Stefano
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2021
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Ethics
Internet
Perturbation methods
Robustness
Sociotechnical systems
Unified modeling language
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Summary:Robustness is an important property of software systems; the availability of proper feedback is crucial to obtain it, especially when a system consists of distributed and interconnected components. Multiagent systems (MAS) are valuable for conceptualizing and implementing distributed systems, but they fall short in addressing robustness in a systematic way at design time. In this article, we provide a definition of accountability and show its use for designing robust MAS.
ISSN:1089-7801
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DOI:10.1109/MIC.2021.3115450