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Agent Societies: Towards Frameworks-Based Design

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Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II (AOSE 2001)

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We present a framework and methodology for the design of agent societies that considers the influence of social organizational aspects on the functionality and objectives of the agent society and specifies the development steps for the design and development of an agent-based system for a particular domain. Our approach is to provide a generic frame that directly relates to the organizational perception of the problem. The methodology informs and supports the development of increasingly detailed models of the society and its components. For the implementation of each methodological step existing agent oriented software development methodologies can be used.

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  1. Achmea C/O University Utrecht, Intelligent Systems Group, PO Box 80089, 3508, TB Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Virginia Dignum

  2. Infolab, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000, LE Tilburg, The Netherlands

    Hans Weigand & Lai Xu

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  1. Department of Computer Science, The University of Liverpool, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK

    Michael J. Wooldridge

  2. Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, 80290, München, Germany

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  3. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Informazione, University of Bologna, Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini

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Dignum, V., Weigand, H., Xu, L. (2002). Agent Societies: Towards Frameworks-Based Design. In: Wooldridge, M.J., Weiß, G., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II. AOSE 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70657-7_3

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