Designing organizations for computational agents
Simulating organizations
Communications of the ACM
An agent-based approach for building complex software systems
Communications of the ACM
A knowledge level software engineering methodology for agent oriented programming
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Autonomous agents
Decentralised Workflows and Software Agents
BT Technology Journal
Role Models — Patterns of Agent System Analysis and Design
BT Technology Journal
The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Building Dynamic Agent Organizations in Cyberspace
IEEE Internet Computing
Toward the Specification and Design of Industrial Synthetic Ecosystems
ATAL '97 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents IV, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
Analysis and Design of Multiagent Systems Using MAS-Common KADS
ATAL '97 Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Intelligent Agents IV, Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages
Automated Derivation of Complex Agent Architectures from Analysis Specifications
AOSE '01 Revised Papers and Invited Contributions from the Second International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II
Agent Oriented Analysis Using Message/UML
AOSE '01 Revised Papers and Invited Contributions from the Second International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II
Agent-Oriented Concepts to Foster the Automation of e-Business
DEXA '00 Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications
Analyzing Information Intermediaries in Electronic Brokerage
HICSS '00 Proceedings of the 33rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-Volume 7 - Volume 7
A Meta-Model for the Analysis and Design of Organizations in Multi-Agent Systems
ICMAS '98 Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multi Agent Systems
Agent-mediated electronic commerce: a survey
The Knowledge Engineering Review
The Use of Cognitive Maps and Case-Based Reasoning for B2B Negotiation
Journal of Management Information Systems
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Agent-based systems are increasingly used to supportbusiness-to-business (B2B) electronic commerce and otherInternet-based transactions. The design complexity resulting fromthe multiple interconnected systems in these domains has to bemanaged in order to reduce costs and time to market. This paper introduces the Role-Algebraic Multi-Agent System Design(RAMASD) approach. RAMASD utilizes role models as reusablesystem-building blocks and a role algebra to capture the basicrelations ofroles. A two-sorted algebra is used to define the rolealgebra's semantics. RAMASD reduces the complexity of designingagent-based B2B e-commerce systems by enabling designers to work ata high level of abstraction and by automatically allocating rolesto agents according to applicable role models and designconstraints. A case study concerning a B2B electronic market for the automotiveindustry demonstrates the applicability of RAMASD. The advantagesand disadvantages of the proposed approach are discussed, andcomparisons with relevant work are made.