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Agent-based and active object systems are no longer contained within the boundaries of a single, small organization. To meet the demands of large-scale software and systems modeling, we need useful analogies for modeling and constructing large-scale systems of autonomous, interactive software entities. In this paper, we employ social and organizational systems theory as a way to guide our understanding of the notion of role and its implications on how agents (and active objects) might behave in group settings.

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Odell , J., Van Dyke Parunak , H. & Fleischer , M. Modeling agent organizations using roles. Softw Syst Model 2, 76–81 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-003-0017-y

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