Abstract
A Multiagent System (MAS) that explicitly represents its organization normally focuses either on the functioning or the structure of this organization. However, addressing both aspects is a prolific approach when one wants to design or describe a MAS organization. The problem is to define these aspects in such a way that they can be both assembled in a single coherent specification. The ℳOISE+ model — described here through a soccer team example — intends to be a step in this direction since the organization is seen under three points of view: structural, functional, and deontic.
Supported by FURB, Brazil; and CNPq, Brazil, grant 200695/01-0.
Partially supported by CNPq, Brazil, grant 301041/95-4; and by CNPq/NSF PROTEM-CC MAPPEL project, grant 680033/99-8.
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Hübner, J.F., Sichman, J.S., Boissier, O. (2002). A Model for the Structural, Functional, and Deontic Specification of Organizations in Multiagent Systems. In: Bittencourt, G., Ramalho, G.L. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence. SBIA 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2507. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36127-8_12
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