"An agent is an encapsulated computer system that is situated in some environment and that is capable of flexible, autonomous action in that environment in order to meet its design objectives."
Where we show that agent-oriented decomposition is an effective way of partitioning the problem space of a complex system.
Where we show that key abstractions of the agent-oriented mindset are a natural means of modeling complex systems.
Where we show that the agent-oriented philosophy for dealing with organizational relationships is appropriate for complex systems.
Dimension | Description | Knowledge Level | Social Level |
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System | Entity to be described | (asocial) Agent | Agent organization |
Components | The system's primitive elements | Goals, Actions | Agents, Interaction channels, Dependencies, Organizational relationships |
Compositional law | How the components are assembled | Various | Roles, Organization's rules |
Behavior law | How the system's behavior depends upon its composition and components | Principle of rationality | Principle of organizational rationality |
Medium | The elements to be processed to obtain the desired behavior | Knowledge | Organization and social obligations, Means of influencing others, Means of changing organizations structures |
This talk available at http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/talks/abse/
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28 May 2002, 08:44AM