This special issue of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems sought research articles that discuss relevant topics for the current trends in research on software agents and agent-based software systems. Topics of interest included techniques and technologies to engineer agent-based software systems, as well as languages, frameworks, and infrastructures broadly related to software agents and agent-based software systems.

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软件代理和基于代理的软件系统研究的当前趋势特刊

本期自治代理和多代理系统特刊寻求研究文章，讨论当前软件代理和基于代理的软件系统研究趋势的相关主题。感兴趣的主题包括设计基于代理的软件系统的技术和技术，以及与软件代理和基于代理的软件系统广泛相关的语言、框架和基础设施。