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While the theoretical and experimental foundations of agent-based nyrrtems arc becoming increasingly well understood, comparatively little effort hns been devoted to understanding the pragmatics of (muitl-Jagent systems development -the everyday reality of carrying out an agent-based development project. As a result, agent nyetcm devciopcrs are needlessly repeating the same mistakes, with the result that, at best, resources are wasted -at worst, projects fnii. This paper identifies the main pitfalls that await the agent system developer, nnd where possible, makes tentative recommendations for how these pitfalls can be avoided or rectified.
Wooldridge et al. (Thu,) studied this question.