IBP-Laforia
1995/15:
Rapport de Recherche Laforia /
Laforia research reports
15 pages - Mai/May 1995 -
Document en anglais.
Titre / Title: Cassiopeia: a Method for Designing Computational Organizations
Abstract : In this paper, we address the problematics of collective (or distributed) problem-solving from a methodological point of view. The nature of distributed problem-solving would be better understood as the setting-up of a solution, from the activation of the "functionalities" identified for the problem. The designer of a multi-agent system has to build the problem-solving contributors, which have to achieve the identified functionalities. Then, he should design the agents of the system by fitting the problem-solving contributors up with additional capabilities to organize the setting-up of the solution.
We introduce our work by discussing how the distribution of the problem-solving process gives rise to the need for reifying the organization that governs a multi-agent system. We propose a reification process that allows to express the dynamics of the organization in terms of the instantiation of potential groups of agents. Then, we describe the associated method for both determining in advance the potential groups, and designing agents with capabilities for collectively and dynamically instantiating them.
Publications internes Laforia 1995 / Laforia research reports 1995