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Engineering Organization-Based Multiagent Systems

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Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV (SELMAS 2005)

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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 organization metamodel.

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  1. Multiagent and Cooperative Robotics Laboratory, Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University, 234 Nichols Hall, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, USA

    Scott A. DeLoach

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  1. Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

    Alessandro Garcia

  2. SE-8, IME, Pca General Tiburcio 80, 22290-270, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Ricardo Choren

  3. Computer Science Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Carlos Lucena

  4. University of Trento - DISI, 38100, Povo, Trento, Italy

    Paolo Giorgini

  5. DistriNet Labs, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

    Tom Holvoet

  6. Computer Science School, Newcastle University, UK

    Alexander Romanovsky

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DeLoach, S.A. (2006). Engineering Organization-Based Multiagent Systems. In: Garcia, A., Choren, R., Lucena, C., Giorgini, P., Holvoet, T., Romanovsky, A. (eds) Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV. SELMAS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3914. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11738817_7

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