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PRICAI 2000: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2000 Workshop Reader pp 147–157Cite as

Virtual Enterprise Design - BDI Agents vs. Objects

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Current research identifying architectures for a virtual enterprise has moved from information modelling to role modelling. Thus, a high level of autonomy results from the distribution of responsibilities, capabilities, and knowledge among different business units in the virtual enterprise at the design stage. Current trends tend towards using object-oriented technology as an effective abstract system design and implementation methodology. We argue that applying the software agent paradigm to the virtual enterprise provides various advantages on both the design and operational levels. We further show that the Belief Desire Intention agent architecture has additional abilities of mapping real world business unit autonomy and interaction. We also introduce the Belief Desire Intention agent paradigm capability of facilitating highly flexible (agile) enterprise design and implementation.

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  1. School of Information Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, P.O.Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC, 3122, Australia

    Iyad Rahwan & Yun Yang

  2. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, 723 Swanston St, Carlton, VIC, 3054, Australia

    Ryszard Kowalczyk

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  1. CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, 723 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia

    Ryszard Kowalczyk

  2. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

    Seng Wai Loke

  3. Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 581 83, Linköping, Sweden

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Rahwan, I., Kowalczyk, R., Yang, Y. (2001). Virtual Enterprise Design - BDI Agents vs. Objects. In: Kowalczyk, R., Loke, S.W., Reed, N.E., Williams, G.J. (eds) Advances in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2000 Workshop Reader. PRICAI 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45408-X_16

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