Toward an Organization-Oriented Design Methodology for Agent Societies

Abstract

In this chapter, we present a framework for the design of agent societies that considers the influence of social organizational aspects on the functionality and objectives of the agent society and specifies the development steps for the design and development of an agent-based system for a particular domain. Our approach will provide a generic frame that directly relates to the organizational perception of the problem. The framework specifies the development steps of the design and development of an agent-based system for a particular domain. Based on the coordination characteristics of a domain, the methodology provides three frameworks for societies (market, hierarchy, and network). These frameworks relate to the organizational perception of a problem and allows for existing methodologies to be used for the development, modeling, and formalization of each step. The methodology supports the development of increasingly detailed models of the society and its components.

Enhancing Mas Environments With Organizational Mechanisms

“…As a future work, we are working on the integration of Artifacts for Organizational Mechanisms into an Organization Modeling Language, 21 which is a metamodel 22 that is conceived to develop Organization Centered MAS, the Virtual Organization Model (VOM 23 ). The addition of these artifacts will enhance the metamodel with new features that will improve the organizational capabilities of the agents populating the system.…”

Modelling Interactions via Commitments and Expectations

“…It includes for example the rules for joining and leaving the society, the definition and assignment of roles, and the organizational rules. Therefore, it has strong similarities with the organizational level identified by Dignum et al (2002). The goal (G) can be considered as a "global goal" of the agent organization, external to the goal of each individual agent (Dignum & Dignum, 2007).…”

SAGA reloaded: Towards a generic platform for developing cooperative applications

“…Furthermore, during the execution of a task, one person may want to consult others, regarding specific issues or to obtain approval from upper levels of the organization. This regulation and coordination problem is subject of study in several areas, namely Human Computer Interaction [20], Artificial Intelligence [9] and CSCW [10]. The Social Theatres (ST) model [31] was proposed as a basis for the development of regulated virtual social interaction environments, to better serve and solve the social interaction regulation and coordination problems.…”