Holonic Multi-Agent Systems (HMAS) are a convenient way to engineer complex and open systems. In such systems, agents have to be able to self-organize to satisfy their goals. Our w...
Sebastian Rodriguez, Nicolas Gaud, Vincent Hilaire...
Abstract. This paper reports on our work on three complementary directions, aimed at developing: (i) a theoretical framework named UFO (Unified Foundational Ontology) for (re) desi...
Renata S. S. Guizzardi, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Jo&at...
Abstract. The deployment of agent societies —as complex systems— in dynamic and unpredictable settings brings forth critical issues concerning their design. Organizational mode...
Loris Penserini, Virginia Dignum, Athanasios Staik...
AOSE methodologies and models borrow various abstractions and concepts from the organization and sociology disciplines. Although they all ti-agent system as organized society, the ...
Recently, two advances in agent-oriented software engineering have had a significant impact: the identification of interaction and coordination as the central focus of multi-agent ...