Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems
Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems
The architecture of a multi-agent system can naturally be viewed as a computational organisation. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions should play a central role in the analysis and design of such systems. To this end, the concepts of agent roles and role models are increasingly being used to specify and design multi-agent systems. However, this is not the full picture. In this paper we introduce three additional organisational concepts - organisational rules, organisational structures, and organisational patterns - that we believe are necessary for the complete specification of computational organisations. We view the introduction of these concepts as a step towards a comprehensive methodology for agent-oriented systems.
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Zambonelli, F.
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Jennings, N. R.
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Wooldridge, M.
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Zambonelli, F.
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Jennings, N. R.
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Wooldridge, M.
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Zambonelli, F., Jennings, N. R. and Wooldridge, M.
(2000)
Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems.
Ist International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Limerick, Ireland.
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The architecture of a multi-agent system can naturally be viewed as a computational organisation. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions should play a central role in the analysis and design of such systems. To this end, the concepts of agent roles and role models are increasingly being used to specify and design multi-agent systems. However, this is not the full picture. In this paper we introduce three additional organisational concepts - organisational rules, organisational structures, and organisational patterns - that we believe are necessary for the complete specification of computational organisations. We view the introduction of these concepts as a step towards a comprehensive methodology for agent-oriented systems.
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Published date: 2000
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Ist International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Limerick, Ireland, 2000-01-01
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Agents, Interactions & Complexity
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F. Zambonelli
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N. R. Jennings
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M. Wooldridge
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