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International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering

AOSE 2002: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering III pp 101–112Cite as

Multi-agent and Software Architectures: A Comparative Case Study

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We propose a collection of architectural styles for multi-agent systems motivated by organizational theory and enterprise organization structures. One of the styles is discussed in detail and part of it is formalized using the Formal Tropos specification language. In addition, we conduct a comparative study of organizational and conventional software architectures using a mobile robot control example from the Software Engineering literature.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, Via Sommarie 14, I-38100, Trento, Italy

    Paolo Giorgini

  2. IAG School of Management- Information Systems Unit , University of Louvain, 1 Place des Doyens, B-1348, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

    Manuel Kolp

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 6 King’s College Road, M5H 3S5, Toronto, Canada

    John Mylopoulos

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  1. Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, 38050 Povo, Trento, Italy

    Fausto Giunchiglia

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  3. Institut für Informatik Technische, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748, Garching, Germany

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Giorgini, P., Kolp, M., Mylopoulos, J. (2003). Multi-agent and Software Architectures: A Comparative Case Study. In: Giunchiglia, F., Odell, J., Weiß, G. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering III. AOSE 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2585. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36540-0_8

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