Integrating social modelling and agent interaction through goal-oriented analysis

Abstract

In the Agent-oriented software engineering (AOSE) community, it is now widely recognised that interaction is perhaps the most important single characteristic of complex software systems. Recently, the focus of AOSE research has shifted towards social (or organisational) modelling, which allows interaction to be modelled with higher-level constructs like organisational structures and social policies. However, a gap remains between the social models proposed in AOSE methodologies and the increasing number of sophisticated agent interaction frameworks outside AOSE, such as those based on auctions, commitments, and dialogue games. Hence, social models in AOSE methodologies need to have more "hoo..