In an e-service environment, contracts are important for attaining business process interoperability and enforcing their proper enactment. An e-contract is the computerized facili...
This paper presents a generic meta-model of multi-agent systems based on organizational concepts such as groups, roles and structures. This model, called AALAADIN, defines a very ...
Abstract. In the last years, social and organizational aspects of agency have become a major issue in multi-agent systems’ research. Recent applications of MAS enforce the need o...
: The business process revolution has had two impacts on project management: the recognition of a process perspective (such as the 39 appearing in the PMBOK), and the acknowledgeme...
Abstract. The collaboration between two intelligent agents can be greatly enhanced if a third agent, who has some understanding of the communication between the first two, interve...