Multiagent Systems (MASs) have evolved towards the specification of global constraints that
heterogeneous and autonomous agents are supposed to follow when concerning open …

The social and organisational aspects of agency have led to a good amount of theoretical
work in terms of formal models and theories. However, the conception and engineering of …

As two major communication technologies, the internet and wireless, are maturing rapidly to
dominate our civilised life, the authors urgently need to re-establish users' confidence to …

In the last ten years, social networks have had a great influence on people's lifestyles and
have changed, above all, the way users communicate and relate. This is why, one of the …

This second edition of a bestseller provides up-to-date knowledge of human factors issues
in web design. It comprehensively treats human factors research methods, design …

Abstract SCODA (Distributed and Specialized Agent COmmunities) is presented, like a new
modular architecture for multi-agent systems development. By means of SCODA, multi-agent …

Normative organisations provide a means to coordinate the activities of individual agents in
multiagent settings. The coordination is realized at run time by creating obligations and …

Today, the need for architectures and computational models for large-scale open multi-
agent systems is considered to be a key issue for the success of agent technology in real …

Organization concepts and models are increasingly being adopted for the design and
specification of multi-agent systems. Agent organizations can be seen as mechanisms of …

The purpose of this paper is to present the applicability of THOMAS, an architecture
specially designed to model agent-based virtual organizations, in the development of a …