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. © 2001 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Organisational abstractions for the analysis and design of multi-agent systems / Zambonelli, F.; Jennings, N. R.; Wooldridge, M.. - 1957:(2001), pp. 235-251. (Intervento presentato al convegno 1st International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, AOSE 2000 tenutosi a Limerick, irl nel 2000) [10.1007/3-540-44564-1_16].
Organisational abstractions for the analysis and design of multi-agent systems
Zambonelli F.;
2001
Abstract
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. © 2001 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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