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Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems

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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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. pp. 127-141 .

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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
Venue - Dates: Ist International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Limerick, Ireland, 2000-01-01
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 253750
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/253750
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Date deposited: 04 Nov 2002
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 05:28

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Author: F. Zambonelli
Author: N. R. Jennings
Author: M. Wooldridge

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