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

by Kolp, Manuel; Henderson-Sellers, Brian; Mouratidis, Haralambos; Garcia, Alessandro; Ghose, Aditya

• ISBN13: 9783540779896
• ISBN10: 3540779892
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-10
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented Information Systems, AOIS 2005, held in Hakodate, Japan, May9, 2006 and Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 6, 2006.The 13 revised full papers presented have gone through two rounds of reviewing and improvement and were carefully selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on Modelling, Methodologies, Agent-oriented Software Engineering, and Applications.

Table of Contents

Modelling
Modeling MAS Properties with MAS-ML Dynamic Diagrams	p. 1
Providing Contextual Norm Information in Open Multi-Agent Systems	p. 19
A Reputation Model Based on Testimonies	p. 37
Methodologies
Towards Agent-Based Scenario Development for Strategic Decision Support	p. 53
Preliminary Validation of MOBMAS (Ontology-Centric Agent Oriented Methodology): Design of a Peer-to-Peer Information Sharing MAS	p. 73
A Methodology to Bring MAS to Information Systems	p. 90
On the Evaluation of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies: A Statistical Approach	p. 105
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering
From Early to Late Requirements: A Goal-Based Approach	p. 123
A Formal Description Language for Multi-Agent Architectures	p. 143
Comparing Three Formal Analysis Approaches of the Tropos Family	p. 164
Integration of Aspects with i Models	p. 183
Applications
Enhancing Information Sharing Through Agents	p. 202
Tooth Agent: A Multi-agent System for Virtual Communities Support	p. 212
Author Index	p. 231
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