In the past few years,most of the research of DAI(Distributed Artificial Intelligence) focused on Agent and Multi(Agent) system theory. The characteristics of the MultiAgent system and the basic questions of designing Multi(Agent) system are discussed.

• 关于Agent理论和多Agent系统的研究是近年来分布式人工智能领域的研究热点,阐述了多智能体系统的特点及设计多智能体系统需考虑的基本问题。