Object Oriented XML Query by Example
This paper describes an XML query language called XML-QBE, which can be used to both query and update XML...
Bringing Multi-agent Systems into Human Organizations: Application to a Multi-agent Information System
Agents are increasingly used to search for information on the Internet. However, they are principally used as single agents...
Automatic Generation of XML from Relations: The Nested Relation Approach
We propose a method to generate XML documents from relational databases by using nested relational algebra. Starting with a...
Reconciling Physical, Communicative, and Social/Institutional Domains in Agent Oriented Information Systems – A Unified...
One of a business system’s roles is to provide a representation of a Universe of Discourse, which reflects its...
An Agent-Based Active Portal Framework
The paper introduces an agent-based active portal framework. It aims to support the construction of active portals for various...
Agent-Oriented Modeling and Agent-Based Simulation
Agent-oriented modeling of software and information systems and agent-based simulation are commonly viewed as two separate fields with different...
REF: A Practical Agent-Based Requirement Engineering Framework
Requirements Engineering techniques, based on the fundamental notions of agency, i.e., Agent, Goal, and Intentional Dependency, have been recognized...
Patterns for Motivating an Agent-Based Approach
The advantages of the agent-based approach are still not widely recognized outside the agent research community. In this paper...
Using Scenarios for Contextual Design in Agent-Oriented Information Systems
In this position paper, we argue that current agent-oriented development methodologies are limited in their ability to model social...
Dynamic Matchmaking between Messages and Services in Multi-agent Information Systems
Agents do not work in isolation; instead they work in cooperative groups to accomplish their assigned tasks. In a...
