Conclusions

Abstract

In this book, we studied the use of human organizational principles for multi-agent architecture design.We explored the use of division of labor and coordination as principles for multi-agent design, which resulted in a framework for agent organizational design (Chapter 2). Next, we investigated how agents can make use of coordination mechanisms which resulted in an interoperability framework that identifies the problems that arise when having heterogeneous agents collaborate with each other. A selection of alternatives to solve interoperability problems, i.e. coordination strategies and ontology-based communication has been discussed (Chapter 3, 5 and 6). Finally, we presented a conceptual agent model that takes into account the capabilities of an agent (Chapter 4).