TY  - CONF
T1  - Multi-Agent Systems and Blockchain: Results from a Systematic Literature Review
A1  - Calvaresi, Davide
A1  - Dubovitskaya, Alevtina
A1  - Calbimonte, Jean-Paul
A1  - Taveter, Kuldar
A1  - Schumacher, Michael
TI  - Proceedings of Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2018)
Y1  - 2018
VL  - 10978
SP  - 110
EP  - 126
PB  - Springer
M2  - doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94580-4_9
KW  - blockchain
KW  - Multi-Agent Systems
KW  - Systematic Literature Review
N2  - Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) technology is widely used for the development of intelligent distributed systems 
that manage sensitive data (e.g., ambient assisted living, healthcare, energy trading). To foster accountability and trusted interactions, recent trends advocate the use of blockchain technologies (BCT) for MAS.
Although most of these approaches have only started exploring the topic, there is an impending need for establishing a research road-map, as well as identifying scientific and technological challenges in this scope.
As a first necessary step towards this goal, this paper presents a systematic literature review of studies involving MAS and BCT as reconciling solutions.
Aiming at providing a comprehensive overview of their application domains, we analyze motivations, assumptions, requirements, strengths, and limitations presented in the current state of the art. Moreover, discussing the future challenges, we introduce our vision on how MAS and BCT could be combined in different application scenarios.
ER  -