Organizational Principles for Multi-Agent Architectures

The general question addressed in this book "How can human organizational principles be used for multi-agent architectures?" is answered by an exploration of the possibilities to design multi-agent systems as artificial organizations.

Key topics of this book:

Framework for multi-agent system design, based on human organizational notions and principles for distributed intelligent systems design

"Coordination mechanisms" in the form of "Problem Solving Methods"

Multi-agent architecture capable of (semi)automatic reuse of Problem Solving Methods (PSMs)

"ontology-based communication"

Introduction of several human organizational principles into multi-agent architecture Use of industry-strength business cases in the logistics and insurance domain Multi-disciplinary research, taking into account multi-agent organizations, coordination mechanisms, agent models and message content ontologies

Contenu
Agent Organization Framework.- Coordination Strategies for Multi-Agent Systems.- Five Capabilities Model.- Interoperation within a Complex Multi-Agent Architecture.- Message Content Ontologies.- Conclusions.