A set of principles to design multi-agent systems based on organizations. In OCMAS, organizations neither describe how tasks are carried out, nor impose any constraints on the cognitive aspects of agents.
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Towards an Integral Approach of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems
Jacques Ferber (LIRMM – University of Montpellier II, France), Tiberiu Stratulat (LIRMM – University of Montpellier II, France), and John Tranier (LIRMM – University of Montpellier II, France)
Copyright: © 2009
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-256-5.ch003
Abstract
In this chapter, we stress the importance of thinking a MAS in all its aspects (agents, environment, interactions, organizations, and institutions), using a more integral vision. We show that a genuine organizational approach has to take into account both the environment and the institutional part of MAS societies. Then, we propose the MASQ (Multi-Agent System based on Quadrants) meta-model, which constitutes an abstraction of the various aspects of an OCMAS (Organization Centered Multi-Agent Systems), extending AGR (Agent/Group/Role). MASQ is based on a four-quadrant framework, where the analysis and design of a system is performed along two axes: an interior/exterior dimension and an individual/collective dimension. We give a conceptual definition of this approach and we will show that it is possible to apply it to practical models.