To investigate the interdependencies existing among deontic positions (like powers and obligations) and the ontology defined by an institution, we have proposed to model instituti...
Norms defined by institutions and enforced by organizations have been put forward as a mechanism to increase the efficiency and reliability of electronic transactions carried out ...
Software agents' ability to interact within different open systems, designed by different groups, presupposes an agreement on an unambiguous definition of a set of concepts, ...
In the AOSE (Agent-Oriented Software Engineering) area, several research efforts are underway to develop appropriate meta-models for agent-oriented methodologies. Meta-models are ...
Model abstraction using metamodeling has demonstrated the capability to facilitate software reuse, large scale model integration, verification, and validation. Once restricted to...