Title
Role-Based Modeling For Designing Agent Behavior In Self-Organizing Multi-Agent Systems
Abstract
Self-organization has been proposed to be implemented in complex systems which require the automation capabilities to govern itself and to adapt upon changes. Self-organizing systems can be modeled as multi-agent systems (MAS) since they share common characteristics in that they consist of multiple autonomous systems. However, most existing MAS engineering methodologies do not fully support self-organizing systems design since they require predefined goals and agent behaviors, which is not the case in self-organizing systems. Another feature that is currently not supported for designing self-organizing MAS is the separation between the design of agent behaviors and behavior adaptation, i.e. how agents adapt their behaviors to respond upon changes. To tackle these issues, this paper proposes a role modeling method, in which agent behaviors are represented as roles, to design how agents perform behavior adaptation at runtime by switching between roles. The applicability of the proposed role modeling method is evaluated in a case study of a self-organizing smart transportation system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1142/S0218194018500043
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING
Keywords
Field
DocType
Self-organizing systems, multi-agent systems, role-based modeling, modeling method, agent behavior
Complex system,Systems engineering,Computer science,Self-organization,Role modeling,Systems design,Multi-agent system,Automation,Agent behavior,Autonomous system (Internet),Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
1
0218-1940
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
14
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kemas M. Lhaksmana141.59
Yohei Murakami228442.25
Ishida, Toru33021490.20