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Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems

Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems

Jacques Ferber, Tiberiu Stratulat, John Tranier
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781605662565|ISBN10: 1605662569|EISBN13: 9781605662572
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-256-5.ch003
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Ferber, Jacques, et al. "Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems." Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models, edited by Virginia Dignum, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 51-75. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-256-5.ch003

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Ferber, J., Stratulat, T., & Tranier, J. (2009). Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems. In V. Dignum (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models (pp. 51-75). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-256-5.ch003

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Ferber, Jacques, Tiberiu Stratulat, and John Tranier. "Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems." In Handbook of Research on Multi-Agent Systems: Semantics and Dynamics of Organizational Models, edited by Virginia Dignum, 51-75. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-256-5.ch003

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Abstract

In this chapter, we stress the importance of thinking a MAS in all its aspects (agents, environment, interactions, organizations, and institutions), using a more integral vision. We show that a genuine organizational approach has to take into account both the environment and the institutional part of MAS societies. Then, we propose the MASQ (Multi-Agent System based on Quadrants) meta-model, which constitutes an abstraction of the various aspects of an OCMAS (Organization Centered Multi-Agent Systems), extending AGR (Agent/Group/Role). MASQ is based on a four-quadrant framework, where the analysis and design of a system is performed along two axes: an interior/exterior dimension and an individual/collective dimension. We give a conceptual definition of this approach and we will show that it is possible to apply it to practical models.

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