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A Formal Model of Multi-Agent Organisations

Michael Köhler.
A formal model of multi-agent organisations.
Fundamenta Informaticae, 79(3-4):415 - 430, 2007.

Abstract: Agent oriented software engineering is seen as the approach taking object oriented approaches one step ahead. The design of agent systems is based on three fundamental perspectives: the functional, the team-interactional and the organisational perspective. The organisational 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 interactional 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 entry

@Article{Koehler07d,
  author =   {K{\"o}hler, Michael},
  title =   {A Formal Model of  Multi-Agent Organisations},
  journal = {Fundamenta Informaticae},
  volume = {79},
  number = {3-4},
  pages =  {415 - 430},
  year =  {2007},
  abstract = {Agent oriented software engineering is seen as the approach taking
  object oriented approaches one step ahead.  The design of agent
  systems is based on three fundamental perspectives: the
  functional, the team-interactional and the
  organisational perspective.  The organisational 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 interactional 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.}

}

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