@incollection{Dragone2010a, title = {Practical {{Development}} of {{Hybrid Intelligent Agent Systems}} with {{SoSAA}}}, booktitle = {Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. 20th Irish Conference, {{AICS}} 2009, Dublin, Ireland, August 19-21, 2009, Revised Selected Papers}, author = {Dragone, Mauro and Lillis, David and Collier, Rem W. and O'Hare, G. M. P.}, editor = {Coyle, Lorcan and Freyne, Jill}, year = {2010}, month = {August}, pages = {51--60}, publisher = {{Springer Berlin Heidelberg}}, address = {{Dublin, Ireland}}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-17080-5_8}, abstract = {The development of intelligent Multi Agent Systems (MAS) is a non-trivial task. While much past research has focused on high-level activities such as co-ordination and negotiation, the development of tools and strategies to address the lower-level concerns of such systems is a more recent focus. SoSAA (Socially Situated Agent Architecture) is a strategy for the integration of high-level MASs on one hand with component-based systems on the other. Under the SoSAA strategy, a component-based system is used to provide the lower-level implementation of agent tasks and capabilities, allowing for the agent layer to concentrate on high-level intelligent co-ordination and organisation. This paper provides a practical perspective on how SoSAA can be used in the development of intelligent MASs, illustrating this by demonstrating how it can be used to manage backchannel transport services.}, isbn = {978-3-642-17079-9}, }