A component-based generic agent architecture for multi-attribute (integrative) negotiation is
introduced and its application is described in a prototype system for negotiation about cars …

Abstract A Multi-Agent System (hereafter MAS) is an organization of coordinated
autonomous agents that interact in order to achieve common goals. Considering real world …

This paper presents a dynamic modeling approach that enables to design complex high
level conceptual representations of models in the form of causal-temporal networks, which …

Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) is rapidly emerging in response to urgent
needs in both software engineering and agent-based computing. While these two …

In this paper, we describe research results arising from a technology transfer exercise on
agent-oriented requirements engineering with an industry partner. We introduce two …

Modern decision support systems (DSS) not only store large amounts of decision-relevant
data, but also aim at assisting decision-makers to explore the meaning of that data, and to …

Organizations change with the dynamics of the world. To enable organizations to change,
certain structures and capabilities are needed. As all processes, a change process has an …

Interaction protocols are widely recognized as an essential mechanism for coordination
within multi-agent systems. There is thus a need for coordination models for specifying …

AOSE methodologies and models borrow abstractions and concepts from organizational
and social disciplines. Although they all view multi-agent systems as organized society, the …

In this paper, we present an approach for the design of complex adaptive systems, based on
adaptive multi-agent systems and emergence. For this, we first introduce the AMAS …