Description:
The general question addressed in this book "How can human organizational principles be used for multi-agent architectures?" is answered by an exploration of the possibilities to design multi-agent systems as artificial organizations.
Key topics of this book: Framework for multi-agent system design, based on human organizational notions and principles for distributed intelligent systems design "Coordination mechanisms" in the form of "Problem Solving Methods" Multi-agent architecture capable of (semi)automatic reuse of Problem Solving Methods (PSMs) "ontology-based communication"