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An Agent-Based Model for Hierarchical Organizations

  • Luis Erasmo Montealegre Vázquez
  • Fabiola López y López
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 4386)

Abstract

Hierarchical structures have been widely used by human organizations because they provide the natural means to delegate tasks, to reduce communication lines and to control the activities performed into them. This has motivated the development of different approaches to automate many of the activities that take place in hierarchical organizations. Recent frameworks, such as Gaia, Aalaadin, HarmonIA and OperA, among others, have considered the agent paradigm to do so without taking into account that organizations are dynamic entities that evolve with the time and, consequently, agents must adapt to changes. Here we develop a model for flexible and open hierarchical organizations where agents can dynamically adapt themselves to organizational changes.

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Multiagent System Autonomous Agent Hierarchical Organization Organizational Goal Norm Compliance 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Luis Erasmo Montealegre Vázquez
    • 1
  • Fabiola López y López
    • 1
  1. 1.Facultad de Ciencias de la Computación, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla 

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