Agent-Oriented Information Systems II : 6th International Bi-Conference Workshop, AOIS 2004, Riga, Latvia, June 8, 2004 and New York, NY, USA, July 20, 2004, Revised Selected Papers

by Bresciani, Paolo; Giorgini, Paolo; Henderson-Sellers, Brian; Low, Graham; Winikoff, Michael

• ISBN13: 9783540259114
• ISBN10: 3540259112
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-16
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 6th International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented Information Systems, AOIS 2004, held in Riga, Latvia in June and in New York, NY, USA in July 2004. The 15 revised full papers presented have gone through two rounds of reviewing and improvement and were selected from an initial total of 36 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information systems, analysis and modeling, methodologies, and applications.

Table of Contents

Information Systems
An Agent-Based Collaborative Emergent Process Management System
Aizhong Lin, Igor Hawryszkiewycz, Brian Henderson-Sellers	1	(18)
Mobeet: A Multi-agent Framework for Ubiquitous Information Systems
Nobukazu Yoshioka, Akihiko Ohsuga, Shinichi Honiden	19	(17)
The Analysis of Coordination in an Information System Application -Emergency Medical Services
Wei Chen, Keith S. Decker	36	(16)
Market-Based Recommender Systems: Learning Users' Interests by Quality Classification
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings	52	(16)
Analysis and Modeling
SNet Reloaded: Roles, Monitoring and Agent Evolution
Günter Gans, Dominik Schmitz, Thomas Arzdorf, Matthias Jarke, Gerhard Lakemeyer	68	(17)
Analyzing Multiparty Agreements with Commitments
Feng Wan, Munindar P. Singh	85	(12)
Fact-Orientation Meets Agent-Orientation
Terry Halpin	97	(13)
Towards Ontological Foundations for Agent Modelling Concepts Using the Unified Fundational Ontology (UFO)
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Gerd Wagner	110	(15)
Methodologies
AgentZ: Extending Object-Z for Multi-agent Systems Specification
Anarosa A.F. Brandão, Paulo Alencar, Carlos J.P. de Lucena	125	(15)
Incorporating Elements from the Prometheus Agent-Oriented Methodology in the OPEN Process Framework
Brian Henderson-Sellers, Quynh-Nhu N. Tran, J. Debenham	140	(17)
A Preliminary Comparative Feature Analysis of Multi-agent Systems Development Methodologies
Quynh-Nhu Numi Tran, Graham Low, Mary-Anne Williams	157	(12)
Applications
CMRadar: A Personal Assistant Agent for Calendar Management
Pragnesh Jay Modi, Manvela Veloso, Stephen F. Smith, Jean Oh	169	(13)
Agents as Catalysts for Mobile Computing
Gregory M.P. O'Hare, Michael J. O'Grady, Rem W. Collier, Stephen Keegan	182	(16)
A Systematic Approach for Including Machine Learning in Multi-agent Systems
José A.R.P. Sardinha, Alessandro Garcia, Carlos J.P. Lucena, Ruy L. Milidiú	198	(14)
Agents to Foster Conscious Design and Reuse in Architecture
Daniel Pinho, Adriana S. Vivacqua, Sérgio Palma, Jano M. de Souza	212	(15)
Author Index	227