Agent-Based Multi-organizational Interaction Design: A Case Study of the Dutch Railway System

Abstract

Abstract-In multi-organizational alliances, inter-and intraorganizational interactions are performed in dynamic environments towards the cooperative goals. To adapt to such dynamics, not only should organizational design provide sufficient representation of organizational requirements, but also provide control mechanisms to switch between different contextual states as a response to an external change. OperA+, as an agent-based organization modeling framework, on the one hand, inherits the advantages of describing and analyzing complex relations between entities, and on the other hand, supports design, analysis and communication of organizational knowledge at multiple levels of abstraction in multiple contexts. This paper aims at a demonstration of OperA+ for an analysis and design study of the Dutch railway system in the domain of train maintenance which is expecting an organization evolution from the current system to a new design.

Towards adaptive normative systems for communities of agents

“…The need for flexible organizations with adaptive behavior within dynamic environments has also been shown for the railway case [7]. However, the mechanism of such roles that can manage the system behavior is left by the authors for future work.…”

A review of key planning and scheduling in the rail industry in Europe and UK

“…In order to address this limitation the authors introduce the reliability and risk-centred maintenance framework that provides a methodology for the communication and quantification of risk in maintenance practice. In general a good review of scheduling techniques for preventative maintenance is provided by Soh et al 79 The importance of organisational design in railway maintenance operations is highlighted by Jiang et al 80 Maintenance operations may be performed by a collection of co-operating organisations, having a model of how such organisations operate together is, in the opinion of Jiang et al 80 essential. Jiang et al 80 put forward the OperA þ framework, which is an agentbased framework allowing for the creation of dynamic representations of organisational interaction.…”

“…In general a good review of scheduling techniques for preventative maintenance is provided by Soh et al 79 The importance of organisational design in railway maintenance operations is highlighted by Jiang et al 80 Maintenance operations may be performed by a collection of co-operating organisations, having a model of how such organisations operate together is, in the opinion of Jiang et al 80 essential. Jiang et al 80 put forward the OperA þ framework, which is an agentbased framework allowing for the creation of dynamic representations of organisational interaction. Such an agent-based approach is said, by Jiang et al 80 to provide a more accurate model of both real life and future organisation interaction scenarios.…”

“…Jiang et al 80 put forward the OperA þ framework, which is an agentbased framework allowing for the creation of dynamic representations of organisational interaction. Such an agent-based approach is said, by Jiang et al 80 to provide a more accurate model of both real life and future organisation interaction scenarios.…”

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