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Modelling Multi-Agent Systems with Organizations in Mind

Matthias Wester-Ebbinghaus and Daniel Moldt.
Modelling multi-agent systems with organizations in mind.
In Moldt et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation of Enterprise Information Systems, MSVVEIS-2008, In conjunction with ICEIS 2008, Barcelona, Spain, June 2008, pages 81-90.

Abstract: Software systems are subject to increasing complexity and in need of efficient structuring. Multi-agent system research has come up with approaches for an organization-oriented comprehension of software systems. However, when it comes to the collective level of organizational analysis, multi-agent system technology lacks clear development concepts. To overcome this problem while preserving the earnings of the agent-oriented approach, this paper propagates a shift in perspective from the individual agent to the organization as the core metaphor of software engineering targeting at very large systems. According to different levels of analysis drawn from organization theory, different types of organizational units are incorporated into a reference architecture for organization-oriented software systems.

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{Wester+08c,
  author={Wester-Ebbinghaus, Matthias and Moldt, Daniel},
  title={Modelling Multi-Agent Systems with Organizations in Mind},
  crossref = {Moldt+-e-08},
  pages     = {81-90},
  year =   2008,
  abstract={Software systems are subject to increasing complexity and in need of
  efficient structuring. Multi-agent system research has come up with approaches
  for an organization-oriented comprehension of software systems. However, when
  it comes to the collective level of organizational analysis, multi-agent system
  technology lacks clear development concepts. To overcome this problem while
  preserving the earnings of the agent-oriented approach, this paper propagates
  a shift in perspective from the individual agent to the organization as the core
  metaphor of software engineering targeting at very large systems. According to
  different levels of analysis drawn from organization theory, different types of organizational
  units are incorporated into a reference architecture for organization-oriented
  software systems.}
}

@Proceedings{Moldt+-e-08,
  editor    = {Moldt, Daniel and
               Ultes-Nitsche, Ulrich  and
               Augusto, Juan Carlos},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th International
               Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation
               of Enterprise Information Systems, MSVVEIS-2008, In conjunction
               with ICEIS 2008, Barcelona, Spain, June 2008},
  title =  {Proceedings of the 6th International
               Workshop on Modelling, Simulation, Verification and Validation
               of Enterprise Information Systems, MSVVEIS-2008, In conjunction
               with ICEIS 2008, Barcelona, Spain, June 2008},
  publisher = {INSTICC PRESS},
  address   = {Portugal},
  year      = 2008,
  isbn      = {978-989-8111-43-2}
}

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