Agent-Oriented Information Systems IV: 8th International Bi-Conference Workshop, AOIS 2006, Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 and Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 6, 2006, Revised Selected Papers

Front matter......Page 1
Introduction......Page 9
Interaction Representation......Page 10
Internal Execution Representation......Page 11
MAS-ML Extended Activity Diagram......Page 12
Goal Orientation......Page 14
Interaction......Page 15
Social Behavior......Page 16
Adaptation......Page 17
Distribution......Page 19
Mobility......Page 20
Concurrent Execution......Page 21
Related Work......Page 23
Conclusion......Page 25
Introduction......Page 27
Contextual Norm Information Provision in Open MASs......Page 28
Modelling Contextual Norms......Page 29
Representing Contextual Norms......Page 30
Composing Contextual Norms......Page 31
The DynaCROM Implementation......Page 33
Examples of Environment, Organization, Role and Interaction Norms......Page 34
Representing Our Created World......Page 35
Implementation......Page 37
Using DynaCROM Output as an Input for a Norm Enforcement Solution......Page 38
Using a Norm Enforcement Solution for Detecting Norm Violation......Page 39
Related Work......Page 41
Conclusion......Page 42
References......Page 43
Introduction......Page 45
Evaluating the Testimonies......Page 47
The Reputation Model......Page 48
Evaluating Defendants’ Reputation......Page 49
Analyzing the Equations for Evaluating Reputations......Page 51
Combining Agent Reputations......Page 53
Case Study: Cargo Consolidation and Transportation......Page 55
The Global Reputation of Agent from the Point of View the of Main Organization......Page 57
Related Work......Page 58
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 59
References......Page 60
Introduction......Page 61
The OperA Model......Page 63
A Methodology for Scenario Modelling......Page 66
The NedTrain Situation......Page 67
Organizational Model......Page 69
Model Validation and Animation......Page 74
Related Work on MAS Models......Page 76
Conclusions......Page 78
Introduction......Page 81
MOBMAS Methodology......Page 82
Analysis Activity......Page 83
MAS Organization Design......Page 84
Agent Internal Design......Page 85
Architecture Design......Page 86
Application Description......Page 87
P2P Analysis......Page 89
P2P MAS Organization Design......Page 90
P2P Agent Internal Design......Page 92
P2P MAS Agent Interaction Design......Page 93
Discussion, Limitations and Future Work......Page 95
References......Page 96
Introduction......Page 98
Agents Abilities in IMAS......Page 99
Software Engineering Approaches of Information Multi-Agent Systems......Page 100
MAS Adaptation......Page 101
Methodology......Page 103
Application to an IS Dedicated to Transportation Information......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 111
Research Problem......Page 113
Literature Review and Related Works......Page 114
Research Questions......Page 115
Evaluating the Methodologies......Page 116
Identifying Attributes......Page 117
Selecting the Appropriate Statistical Model......Page 119
Statistical Hypotheses......Page 120
Detailed Analysis of Dimension 1......Page 121
Overall Outcome of the Evaluation Process......Page 126
Conclusions......Page 128
References......Page 129
Introduction......Page 131
Method Overview......Page 132
Goal-Based Requirements Elicitation Process......Page 134
Late Requirements Generation Process......Page 138
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 148
References......Page 149
Introduction......Page 151
The BDI Model......Page 152
SKwyRL-ADL: An Architecture-Centric Process for MAS Development......Page 153
The Need for an Architectural Description Language......Page 155
SKwyRL-ADL......Page 156
The Behavioural Model......Page 157
The Structural Model......Page 160
A Data Integration Case Study......Page 162
Related Work......Page 167
Conclusion......Page 169
References......Page 170
Introduction......Page 172
An Extended Version of i*......Page 174
Mapping the i* Model to a ConGolog Program......Page 175
The SNet Environment......Page 177
Similarities and Differences Concerning Static Modeling......Page 178
Similarities and Differences Concerning Modeling Dynamics......Page 180
Similarities and Differences Concerning Analysis......Page 181
Similarities and Differences Concerning Modeling......Page 182
Similarities and Differences Concerning Analysis......Page 184
Application to Software Requirements Engineering......Page 186
Application to Support Inter-organizational Networks......Page 187
Conclusion......Page 188
Introduction......Page 191
An Overview of Aspect-Orientation......Page 192
The i* Framework......Page 193
Case Study......Page 194
Handling Crosscutting Concerns in i* Models......Page 196
Identification and Representation of Candidate Aspects......Page 197
Identification of Relationship Among Candidate Aspects......Page 199
Composition......Page 201
Related Work......Page 205
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 207
References......Page 208
Introduction......Page 210
RAIS System......Page 211
Searching and Pushing Information......Page 212
Security......Page 214
Mobile User Support......Page 215
RAIS Development Components......Page 216
Conclusion......Page 218
References......Page 219
Introduction......Page 220
System Architecture......Page 222
System Requirements......Page 223
Getting Access to the Services......Page 224
Retrieving Pending Results......Page 225
Agent Platform......Page 227
Online Registration and Service Selection......Page 228
Accessing the Services......Page 230
Results Retrieval......Page 231
Agents Interaction......Page 233
Andiamo Project......Page 235
Conclusions......Page 236
Back matter......Page 239