Publication - Using ODML to Model and Design Organizations for Multi-Agent Systems

Authors:	Horling, Bryan; and Lesser, Victor
Title:	Using ODML to Model and Design Organizations for Multi-Agent Systems
Abstract:	In this paper, we introduce a new, domain-independent organizational design representation able to model and predict the quantitative performance characteristics of agent organizations. This representation, capable of capturing a wide range of multi-agent behaviors, can support the selection of an appropriate design given a particular operational context. We demonstrate the capabilities and efficacy of this language by comparing a range of metrics predicted by an ODML model to previously obtained empirical results from a real-world system. We then outline how such models can serve as the foundation for automated organizational design process by modeling a range of organizational possibilities.
Keywords:	ANTs, Organizational Design
Publication:	Proceedings of the Workshop on From Organizations to Organization Oriented Programming (OOOP 05), pp. 33 - 48
Editor:	Boissier, Olivier; Dignum, Virginia; Matson, Eric; and Sichman, Jaime
Date:	July 2005
Sources:	PDF: /Documents/bhorling/OOOP05-ODML.pdf
Reference:	Horling, Bryan; and Lesser, Victor. Using ODML to Model and Design Organizations for Multi-Agent Systems. Proceedings of the Workshop on From Organizations to Organization Oriented Programming (OOOP 05), Boissier, Olivier; Dignum, Virginia; Matson, Eric; and Sichman, Jaime, ed., pp. 33-48. July 2005.
`bibtex`:	@inproceedings{Horling-383, author = "Bryan Horling and Victor Lesser", title = "{Using ODML to Model and Design Organizations for Multi-Agent Systems}", booktitle = "Proceedings of the Workshop on From Organizations to Organization Oriented Programming (OOOP 05)", editor = "Olivier Boissier and Virginia Dignum and Eric Matson and Jaime Sichman", pages = "33-48", month = "July", year = "2005", url = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/383", }