Scientific publications of Jacques Ferber

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Guérin V., Ferber J. Le monde change ... et nous? Clés et enjeux du développement relationnel, Chroniques Sociale, 2009.

Ferber. J. Multi-Agent Systems. An Introduction to Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Addison Wesley, London, 1999.

Translated in German under the name: Multiagenten Systemen. Eine Einführung. Addison Wesley 2001

This book is the translated and modified version of the following one...

Ferber. J. Les systèmes multi-agents. Vers une intelligence collective. InterEditions, Paris, 1995.

Ce livre étant actuellement épuisé, une version électronique au format .pdf est disponible en téléchargement.. Cette version est gratuite, mais si ce livre vous apporte quelque chose, envoyez moi un petit email, cela me fera un grand plaisir... Je tiens à profondément remercier Joel Quinqueton, qui a fait un travail magnifique pour récupérer ce livre et notamment les figures qui étaient dans un format pour le moins "antique"(c'est fou ce que l'antiquité est récente en informatique..)

 

Ferber J., Conception et programmation par objets, Hermès, Paris 1990.

Livre très ancien et épuisé.. L'intérêt anecdotique de ce livre est de présenter un pseudo langage orienté objet (PLOOM, pour Pseudo Langage Orienté Objet), dont beaucoup de ses caractéristiques se retrouvent dans des langages tels que Java ou C# (en moins verbeux que ces derniers tout de même).. Mais Java n'est apparu que fin 1995, cinq ans après la sortie de ce livre...

 

Multi-agent systems in Cognitive and Human Sciences

Dessalles J.L., Ferber J., Phan D. (2008) "Emergence in Agent based Computational Social Science: conceptual, formal and diagrammatic analysis" Chapter 9 in Yang A, Shan Y., (Eds). Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems, Idea Group Inc, pub. 2008 ISBN: 978-1-59904-717-1
Ferber J. Multi-Agent Concepts and Methodologies. In Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation in the Social and Human Sciences, D. Phan and F. Amblard (eds), Bardwell Press, Oxford. 2007. 2007.
Phan D., Ferber J. (2007) Thinking the Social dimension of the Artificial World: Ontological status of Collective Beliefs. Accepted paper for International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications. Special issue on "Emergent intelligence over networked agents", 2007

 

Organizations in multiagent systems/AGR/MadKit/MASQ

Ferber J., Nigon J., Maillé G., Stratulat T., MetaCiv : un framework multi-agent basé sur MASQ pour modéliser des sociétés humaines, in JFSMA 2014. Systèmes Multi-Agents. Principe de Parcimonie, Cepadues, 2014.
Dinu R., T Stratulat T., J Ferber J., A formal model of agent interaction based on MASQ - International Workshop on Agent-based Modeling for Policy Engineering (AMPLE 2012), 2012
Ferber J., Lana de Carvalho L., Phan D., Varenne F., O que é seguir uma regra? Reflexão sobre as Normas e os Usos, In book: Temas em Ciências Cognitivas e Representação Mental, Edition: Synopsys Editora, Editor: E. José Lopes, pp.259-277, 2012  
Dinu R., Stratulat T., Ferber J. A formal approach to MASQ, AAMAS'10: The Ninth Int. Conf. on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, Toronto. 2010.
Ferber J. Thinking Integral: How to Build Complex Systems That Live with People and Exhibit Collective Intelligence. ESAW 09, Engineering Societies in the Agents World, Utrecht, LNCS-5881, Springer 2009 (invited conference)
Stratulat T., Ferber J., Tranier J. MASQ - Towards an Integral Approach to Agent-Based Interaction
AAMAS'09: The Eighth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, Budapest. 2009.
Ferber J., Stratulat T., Tranier J. Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations: the MASQ approach, in Multi-Agent Systems. in Virginia Dignum (Ed), Multi-agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models. IGI. To appear in March 2009.
Baez-Barranco J., Stratulat T., Ferber J. A Unified Model for Physical and Social Environments. In Environments for Multi-Agent Systems III, LNCS, Vol 4389, pp. 41-50, 2007.
Mansour S. Ferber J. Un modèle organisationnel pour les systèmes ouverts déployés à grande échelle. Actes des Journées Francophones sur les Systèmes Multi-Agents. Carcassonne, 2007.
Ferber J. Introduction aux concepts et méthodologies de conception multi-agents in :Amblard F. Phan D. eds.(2006) Modélisation et simulation multi-agents pour les Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société : une introduction, Londres, Hermes-Sciences, 414 p. ISBN : 2-7462-1310-9. chapitre 1, p.11-36, 2006.
Baez J., Stratulat T., Ferber J. Un modèle institutionnel pour SMA organisationnel in Systèmes Multi-Agents : Vers la Conception de Systèmes Artificiels Socio-Mimétiques (JFSMA'05), Hermes, (2005)
D. Weyns, H. Van Dyke Parunak, F. Michel, T. Holvoet, J. Ferber. Environments for Multiagent Systems. State-of-the-Art and Research Challenges. 50 pages review of D. Weyns, V. D. Parunak, F. Michel (eds). Environment for Multi-Agent Systems. Revised selected papers of E4MAS 2004. LNAI. Vol. 3374. pp3-52. 2005.
Ferber J., Michel F., Baez J. AGRE : Integrating Environments with Organizations. in D. Weyns, V. D. Parunak, F. Michel (eds). Environment for Multi-Agent Systems. Revised selected papers of E4MAS 2004. LNAI. Vol. 3374. 2005.
V. Hilaire, O. Simonin, A. Koukam, J. Ferber. A Formal Framework to Design and Reuse Agent and Multiagent Models. AOSE 2004. LNCS 3382 Springer 2004, ISBN 3-540-24286-4. Pp 142-157.
Ferber J., Gutknecht O., Michel F., From Agents to Organizations : an Organizational View of MultiAgent Systems, in Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) IV, P. Giorgini, Jörg Müller, James Odell, eds, Melbourne, July 2003, LNCS 2935, pp. 214-230, 2004
Ferber J., Michel F., Gutknecht O., Agent/Group/Roles : Simulating with organizations. Agent Based Simulation Agent Based Simulation 4, Montpellier, 28 - 30 Avril 2003.
Tranier J., Ferber J., Koriche F., Un modèle efficace de normes pour les systèmes multiagents organisationnels, JFSMA 2003, 27-29 Nov, Hammamett (Tunisie), Hermès. 2003. pp 205-218.
Gutknecht, O., Michel, F. and Ferber, J. Integrating Tools and Infrastructure for Generic Multi-Agent Systems. Autonomous Agents 2001 (AGENTS 2001), Boston, ACM Press, 2001. Pp 441-448
Gutknecht, O. and Ferber, J. Madkit: a Generic Multi-Agent Platform (short paper). Autonomous Agents (AGENTS 2000), Barcelona, ACM Press, pp. 78-79, 2000.
Ferber, J. et Gutknecht, O. Pour une sémantique opérationnelle des systèmes multi-agents. 8ème Journées Francophones sur l'Intelligence Artificielle Distribuée et les Systèmes Multi-Agents (JFIADSMA'2000), La Réunion, Hermès, pp. 39-56, 2000.
Gutknecht, O., Ferber, J. and Michel, F. Madkit: une expérience d'architecture de plate-forme multi-agent générique. 8ème Journées Francophones sur l'Intelligence Artificielle Distribuée et les Systèmes Multi-Agents (JFIADSMA'2000), La Réunion, Hermès, pp. 223-236, 2000.
Gutknecht, O. and Ferber, J. Vers une méthodologie organisationnelle de conception de systèmes multi-agents. JFIADSMA'99, La Réunion, Hermès, pp. 93-104, 2000.
Ferber, J. and Gutknecht, O. Operational Semantics of a Role-Based Agent Architecture (best paper award). Agent Theories, Architectures and Languages (ATAL 99), N. Jennings and Y. Lespérance Eds, Orlando, Springer-Verlag, LNAI, 1757, pp. 205-217, 2000.
Simonin, O., Coulondre, S. and Ferber, J. Un modèle de représentation et d'analyse des systèmes multi-agents. JFIADSMA'99, La Réunion, Hermès, pp. 81-92, 1999.
Gutknecht, O. and Ferber, J. Un méta-modèle organisationnel pour l'analyse, la conception et l'exécution de systèmes multi-agents. JFIADSMA'98, Nancy, Hermès, pp. 267-280, 1998.
Ferber J., Gutknecht O. Aalaadin: a meta-model for the analysis and design of organizations in multi-agent systems, ICMAS 98 (International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems), Paris, Y. Demazeau (ed), IEEE Press, pp. 128-135, 1998.

 

Simulation / Environments / Reactive agents / ALife

Vanhée L., Ferber J., Dignum F,. Agent-based evolving societies - Advances in Social Simulation, 229, pp 283-294, Springer, 2014
Vanhée L., Dignum F., Ferber J., Towards Simulating the Impact of National Culture on Organizations in Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIV Pages 151-162 Publisher Springer Berlin, 2014
Michel F., Ferber J., Laur P.-A.and Aleman F., Programmation Situationnelle. Programmation agents pour non-informaticiens, JFSMA 2010, Mahdia, Tunisie.
Michel F., Ferber J., Laur P.-A.and Aleman F., Situational Programming: Agent Behavior Visual Programming for MABS Novices, MABS 2010. 11th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, Toronto, 2010.
Michel F., Ferber J., Drogoul A. Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation: a Survey From the Agents Community's Perspective
in Multi-Agent Systems: Simulation and Applications, CRC Press - Taylor & Francis (Ed.) (2009)
G. Beurier, F. Michel, J. Ferber. A morphogenesis model for multiagent embryogeny. The tenth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, Bloomington, ALife X, USA, 2006.
F. Michel, G. Beurier, J. Ferber. The TurtleKit simulation Platform: Applications to complex systems." The IEEE Internationel Conference on Signal-Image Technology & Internet-Based Systems, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2005.
G. Beurier, F. Michel, J. Ferber. Towards an evolution model of multiagent organisms. European Conference on Complex Systems, Workshop on Multi-Agents for modeling Complex Systems, Cité Internationale, Paris, 2005.
Simonin O., Ferber J., Un modèle multi-agent de résolution collective de problèmes situés multi-échelles. JFSMA 2003, 27-29 Nov, Hammamett (Tunisie), in Déploiement des Systèmes multiagents, Hermès, pp 317-330, 2003.
Michel F., Gouaïch A., Ferber J. Interaction forte et interaction faible dans les simulations multi-agents, Xmes Journées de Rochebrune, Rochebrune, Janvier 2003.
Michel F., Gouaïch A., Ferber J., weak interaction and strong interaction in agent based simulation, 4th Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation, Melbourne, July 2003.
Beurier G., Simonin O., Ferber J. Un modèle de système multi-agent pour l’émergence multi-niveau. JFSMA 2003, 27-29 Nov, Hammamett (Tunisie), in Déploiement des Systèmes multiagents, Hermès, pp 235-248, 2003.
F. Michel, G. Beurier, A. Gouaïch and J. Ferber, The TurtleKit platform : application to multi-level emergence, (Poster), Agent Based Simulation 4 ABS4, Montpellier, 28 - 30 Avril 2003
Michel F., Gouaïch A. et Ferber J., Weak and Strong interactions in agent-based simulation, (Poster), Agent Based Simulation 4 ABS4, Montpellier, 28 – 30, Avril 2003
Ferber J., Michel F., Gutknecht O., Agent/Group/Roles : Simulating with organizations. Agent Based Simulation Agent Based Simulation 4, Montpellier, 28 - 30 Avril 2003.
Chapelle J. Simonin O. and Ferber, J. How Situated Agents can Learn to Cooperate by Monitoring their neighbors’ Satisfaction, ECAI’2002, Lyon, p.68-72, August 2002.
Simonin O, Michel J., Chapelle J., and Ferber J., Un simulateur de systèmes multi-robots dans MadKit, in Xèmes journées Francophones pour l’Intelligence Artificielle Distribuée et les Systèmes Multi-Agents, JFIADSMA’02, (Lille France), 28-30 Octobre 2002
F. Michel, P. Bommel, and J. Ferber, Simulation interactive distribuée de SMA par des SMA, in Xèmes journées Francophones pour l’Intelligence Artificielle Distribuée et les Systèmes Multi-Agents, JFIADSMA’02, (Lille France), 28-30 Octobre 2002.
Michel, F., Ferber, J. and Gutknecht, O. Generic Simulation Tools based on MAS organization. MAAMAW 2001, Annecy, Y. Demazeau and F. J. Garijo, eds., INPG Publications, Annecy, France, 2-4 Mai 2001.
Simonin O. et Ferber J., Modélisation des satisfactions personnelle et interactive d'agents situés coopératifs. (Best Paper award) 9eme journées Francophones d'Intelligence Artificielle Distribuée et Systèmes Multi-Agents (JFIADSMA’2001). Prix AFIA de la meilleure contribution (Assoc. Française pour l'I.A.) 12-14 nov. 2001. Hermès. Montreal (pp. 215-226)
Simonin, O. and Ferber, J. Modeling Self Satisfaction and Altruism to handle Action Selection and Reactive Cooperation. Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2000), From Animals to Animats, Paris, Int. Soc. For Adaptive Behavior, pp. 314-323, 2000.
 
 
Simonin O., Ferber J., Decugis V. Performances Analysis in Collective Systems. ICMAS 98 (International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems), Paris, IEEE Press, pp. 469-470, juillet 1998.
Decugis V., Ferber J. Action Selection in an Autonomous Agent with a Hierarchical Distributed Reactive Planning Architecture. Autonomous Agents ’98, Minneapolis, Mai 1998.
Gutknecht, O., Ferber, J. and Lieurain, E. Des modèles hétérogènes de simulation par systèmes multi-agents. SMAGET'98 - Modèles et Systèmes Multi-Agents pour la Gestion de l'Environnement et des Territoires, Clermont-Ferrand, Cemagref, pp. 287-290, 1998.
Decugis V., Ferber J. Architecture multi-agents de robots mobiles autonomes. Actes des journées de Rochebrune, Rencontres interdisciplinaires sur les systèmes complexes naturels et artificiels, ENST 97S001, Février 1997.
Ferber, J., Labbani O., Müller J.-P., Bourjault. A. Formalizing emergent collective behaviours: Preliminary report. International Workshop on Decentralized Intelligent and Multi-Agent Systems, St. Petersburg, pp. 113-122, 1997.
Ferber J., Müller J.-P. Influences and Reactions: a Model of Situated Multiagent Systems. Proc. of ICMAS'96 (International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems), AAAI Press, 1996.
Ferber J. Cooperation Strategies in Collective Intelligence. Proceedings of Maamaw'96, Eindhoven, W. Van de Velde (ed), 1996.
Ferber J. Basis of Cooperation in Multi-Agent Systems. Proc. of the 95 European Conference on Cognitive Science, Saint-Malo, INRIA, 1995.
Drogoul A, Ferber J., Cambier C., Multi-agent simulation as a tool for analysing emergent processes in societies, Proceedings of Simulating Societies Symposium, University of Surrey, Guildford, 1992. Republié aussi dans Simulating Societies: the Computer Simulation of Social Phenomena, ed. Nigel Gilbert etJim Doran. 127-142. Londres, UCL Press, 1994.
Drogoul A. et Ferber J. Multi-Agent Simulation as a Tool for Modeling Societies: Application to Social Differenciation in Ant colonies. In Artificial Social Systems, ed. Cristiano Castelfranchi et Eric Werner. 3-23. 830. Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1994.
Zeghal K., Ferber J., Erceau J. Symmetrical, transitive and Recursive Force: A Representation of interactions and commitments. IJCAI Workshop on Coordinated Autonomous Robots, Chambery, 1993.
Zeghal K., Ferber J. CRAASH: A Coordinated Collision Avoidance System. European Simulation Multiconference, Lyon, 1993.
Zeghal K., Ferber J. A Reactive Approach for Distributed Air Traffic Control. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, Avignon, 1993.
Tabourdeau D., Ferber J. (1993) Hematopoïesis Simulation with Agents. European Simulation Multi-Conférence, Lyon, Alain Pavé (Ed.).
Iffenecker C., Ferber J. (1992) Using multi-agent architecture for designing electomechanical products. Proceedings of Avignon'92 on Expert Systems Experts et their Applications, Avignon, EC2.
Delaye C., Ferber J. (1992). Morphological and Behavioral adaptation of robots using genetic algorithms. Proceedings of Artificial Life III, Santa Fe (1992).
Drogoul A., Ferber J. (1992). From Tom Thumb to the Dockers: Some Experiments with Foraging Robots. Proceedings of Frome Animals To Animats: Second Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB 92), Hawaii (1992). To appear in From Animals to Animats II, J.-A. Meyer, H. Roitblat, and S. Wilson (Ed.), M.I.T. Press, 1993.
Drogoul A., Ferber J., Multi-Agent Simulation as a Tool for Modeling Societies: Application to Social Differentiation in Ant Colonies. Proceedings of Maamaw'92, Rome, C. CastelFranchi and E. Werner (Ed.), North-Holland, 1992.
Drogoul A., Ferber J., Corbara B., Fresneau D. (1992). A Behavioral Simulation Model for the Study of Emergent Social Structures. Proceedings of European Conference on Artificial Life, ECAL'91, Paris, in P. Bourgine and F. Varela (Ed.), Towards a Practice of Autonomous Systems, M.I.T. Press, 1992.
Drogoul A., Ferber J., Jacopin E., Pengi: Applying Eco-problem Solving for Behavior Modeling in an Abstract Eco-System,. European Simulation Multiconference, ESM'91, Mosekilde (Ed.), 1991.
Ferber J., Carle P., Actors and Agents as Reflective Concurrent Objects: a Mering IV perspective, Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Bandera, October 1990.
Bouron T., Ferber J., Samuel F., MAGES: a Multi-Agent Testbed for Heterogeneous Agents", Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop on Modelizing Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Worlds, St Quentin en Yvelines, (August 1990).
Ferber J., Jacopin E., The Framework of Eco Problem Solving, Proceedings of the 2nd European Workshop on Modelizing Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Worlds, St Quentin en Yvelines, (August 1990). Vision révisée publiée dans Decentralized Artificial Intelligence (vol II), Y. Demazeau & J.-P. Müller (Eds), North Holland, 1991.
Ferber J., Eco Problem Solving: how to solve a problem by interactions, Proceedings of the Ninth Workshop on Distributed Artificial intelligence, Seattle, (September 1989).
Ferber J., Computational Reflection in Class Based Object Oriented Languages, Proceedings of OOPSLA'89, (Octobre 1989)
Ferber J. and Briot J.P. Design of a Concurrent Language for Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings of the Fifth Generation Computer Systems 88, Tokyo, Japan, (Novembre 1988)
Ferber J. and Volle P. Using coreference in object oriented representations , Proceedings of the ECAI-88 conference (1988) [I2] Ferber J., Towards a reflective actor oriented language, Proceedings of the ECAI-86 conference (1986)
Ferber J., MERING: an open ended object oriented language for knowledge representation, Proceedings of the ECAI conference (1984)

 

Multi-agent general papers

Ferber J. Les systèmes multi-agents: un aperçu général. Technique et Science Informatiques, vol.16 n°8, pp. 979-1012, 1997.
Coulondre, S., Simonin, O. and Ferber, J. Dynamo: a Behavioural Analysis Model for Multi-Agent Systems. IEEE International Conference on Intelligence, Information and Systems, Bethesda, IEEE Press, pp. , 1999.
Yoo, M.-J., Briot, J.-P. and Ferber, J. Using components for modeling intelligent and collaborative mobile agents. WetIce, IEEE International Workshop on Enabling Technology in Collaborative Enterprises, IEEE, 1998.
Ferber J. Coopération réactive et émergence. Intellectica 19, 1994, pp. 19-52.
Ferber J. La kénétique: des systèmes multi-agents à une science de l'interaction. Revue Internationale de Systémique, 8 (1), 1994, pp. 13-27.
Ferber J., Carle P., Actors and Agents as Reflective Concurrent Objects: a Mering IV Perspective, Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Revue IEEE, 21 (6), 1991.

 

Object oriented languages

Ferber J., Carle P., Actors and Agents as Reflective Concurrent Objects: a Mering IV Perspective, Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Revue IEEE, 21 (6), 1991.
Ferber J., Computational Reflection in Class Based Object Oriented Languages, Proceedings of OOPSLA'89, (Octobre 1989)
Ferber J. and Briot J.P. Design of a Concurrent Language for Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings of the Fifth Generation Computer Systems 88, Tokyo, Japan, (Novembre 1988)
Ferber J. and Volle P. Using coreference in object oriented representations , Proceedings of the ECAI-88 conference (1988) [I2] Ferber J., Towards a reflective actor oriented language, Proceedings of the ECAI-86 conference (1986)
Ferber J., MERING: an open ended object oriented language for knowledge representation, Proceedings of the ECAI conference (1984)