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Multiagent systems engineering of organization-based multiagent systems

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In this paper, we examine the Multiagent Systems Engineering (MaSE) methodology and its applicability to developing organization-based multiagent systems, which are especially relevant to context aware systems. We discuss the inherent shortcomings of MaSE and then present our approach to modeling the concepts required for organizations including goals, roles, agents, capabilities, and the assignment of agents to roles. Finally, we extend MaSE to allow it to overcome its inherent shortcomings and capture the organizational concepts defined in our organizational model.

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SELMAS '05: Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on Software engineering for large-scale multi-agent systems
May 2005
92 pages
ISBN:1595931163
DOI:10.1145/1082960
  • cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
    ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes  Volume 30, Issue 4
    July 2005
    1514 pages
    ISSN:0163-5948
    DOI:10.1145/1082983
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