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Reachable Markings of Object Petri Nets

Michael Köhler.
Reachable markings of object Petri nets.
Fundamenta Informaticae, 79(3-4):401 - 413, 2007.

Agent oriented software engineering is seen as the approach taken object oriented approaches one step ahead. The design of agent systems is based on three fundamental perspectives: the functional, the interactional and the organisational perspective. The organisation perspective becomes a central design issue if the number of agents is large or the environment is unstable.
While the functional perspective is well founded in the planning theory of artificial intelligence and the interaction perspective is rooted in the theory of speech-acts and formal ontologies, the organisational perspective is still an active research area with several open questions.
In this paper we define a formal organisation model for agent systems based on Petri nets and show how agent oriented software engineering can benefit from this model.

BibTeX

@Article{Koehler07e,
  author =   {K{\"o}hler, Michael},
  title =   {Reachable Markings of  Object {Petri} Nets},
  journal = "Fundamenta Informaticae",
  pages = {401 - 413},
  volume = {79},
  year = 2007,
  number = {3-4},
  abstract = {  Agent oriented software engineering is seen as the approach taken
object oriented approaches one step ahead.  The design of agent
systems is based on three fundamental perspectives: the functional,
the interactional and the organisational perspective.  The
organisation perspective becomes a central design issue if the number
of agents is large or the environment is unstable.
  \par
  While the functional perspective is well founded in the planning
  theory of artificial intelligence and the interaction perspective is
  rooted in the theory of speech-acts and formal ontologies, the
  organisational perspective is still an active research area with
  several open questions.
  \par
  In this paper we define a formal organisation model for agent
  systems based on Petri nets and show how agent oriented software
  engineering can benefit from this model.
}
}