@InProceedings{buhler01a,
  author = 	 {Paul Buhler and Jos\'{e} M. Vidal},
  title = 	 {Biter: A Platform for the Teaching and Research of Multiagent Systems' Design using RoboCup},
  booktitle = 	 {Proceedings of the Robocup International Symposium},
  year =	 2001,
  abstract = 	 {We introduce Biter, a platform for the teaching and
                  research of multiagent systems' design. Biter
                  implements a client for the RoboCup simulator. It
                  provides users with the basic functionality needed
                  to start designing sophisticated RoboCup teams. Some
                  of its features include a world model with absolute
                  coordinates, a graphical debugging tool, a set of
                  utility functions, and a Generic Agent Architecture
                  (GAA) with some basic behaviors such as ``dribble
                  ball to goal'' and ``dash to ball''. The GAA
                  incorporates an elegant object-oriented design meant
                  to handle the type of activities typical for an
                  agent in a multiagent system.  These activities
                  include reactive responses, long-term behaviors, and
                  conversations with other agents. We also discuss our
                  initial experiences using Biter as a pedagogical
                  tool for teaching multiagent systems' design.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/papers/biter.pdf},
  comment = 	 {73\% acceptance rate.},
  googleid = 	 {8X_64gQKXvEJ:scholar.google.com/},
  keywords = 	 {multiagent teaching},
  cluster = 	 {17392349827055648753}
}