scholarly journals Towards Social Capital in a Network Organization: A Conceptual Model and an Empirical Approach

Entropy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Saad Alqithami ◽  
Rahmat Budiarto ◽  
Musaad Alzahrani ◽  
Henry Hexmoor
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Dynamic Network ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Organizational Network ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Term Objective

Due to the complexity of an open multi-agent system, agents’ interactions are instantiated spontaneously, resulting in beneficent collaborations with one another for mutual actions that are beyond one’s current capabilities. Repeated patterns of interactions shape a feature of their organizational structure when those agents self-organize themselves for a long-term objective. This paper, therefore, aims to provide an understanding of social capital in organizations that are open membership multi-agent systems with an emphasis in our formulation on the dynamic network of social interactions that, in part, elucidate evolving structures and impromptu topologies of networks. We model an open source project as an organizational network and provide definitions and formulations to correlate the proposed mechanism of social capital with the achievement of an organizational charter, for example, optimized productivity. To empirically evaluate our model, we conducted a case study of an open source software project to demonstrate how social capital can be created and measured within this type of organization. The results indicate that the values of social capital are positively proportional towards optimizing agents’ productivity into successful completion of the project.

NorJADE

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Toufik Marir ◽  
Abd El Heq Silem ◽  
Farid Mokhati ◽  
Abdelouahed Gherbi ◽  
Ahmed Bali
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Framework ◽  
Made In

Normative multi-agent systems are multi-agent systems where agents are governed by norms. This recent research domain is now in full expansion. Despite the progress made in this area, various challenges remain the subject of research studies. In particular, there is a need for innovative solutions to support the implementation of this kind of multi-agent systems in order to improve the development process and consequently to simplify the developers' task. In the literature, most proposed works in this area are either closely related to specific problems or require complicated theoretical frameworks. In this article, a new framework baptized NorJADE is proposed to support the implementation of normative multi-agent systems. The proposed framework is open source, simple, modular and extensible. It is based on the popular open source JADE platform and uses the two well-known software technologies: ontology and aspect-oriented programming. The framework and the associated tool are illustrated using a concrete case study.

scholarly journals A Programming Approach to Collective Autonomy

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Roberto Casadei ◽  
Gianluca Aguzzi ◽  
Mirko Viroli
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Vehicles ◽  
Autonomic Computing ◽  
Autonomous Agents ◽  
Programming Approach ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Simulated Case ◽  
Complex Settings

Research and technology developments on autonomous agents and autonomic computing promote a vision of artificial systems that are able to resiliently manage themselves and autonomously deal with issues at runtime in dynamic environments. Indeed, autonomy can be leveraged to unburden humans from mundane tasks (cf. driving and autonomous vehicles), from the risk of operating in unknown or perilous environments (cf. rescue scenarios), or to support timely decision-making in complex settings (cf. data-centre operations). Beyond the results that individual autonomous agents can carry out, a further opportunity lies in the collaboration of multiple agents or robots. Emerging macro-paradigms provide an approach to programming whole collectives towards global goals. Aggregate computing is one such paradigm, formally grounded in a calculus of computational fields enabling functional composition of collective behaviours that could be proved, under certain technical conditions, to be self-stabilising. In this work, we address the concept of collective autonomy, i.e., the form of autonomy that applies at the level of a group of individuals. As a contribution, we define an agent control architecture for aggregate multi-agent systems, discuss how the aggregate computing framework relates to both individual and collective autonomy, and show how it can be used to program collective autonomous behaviour. We exemplify the concepts through a simulated case study, and outline a research roadmap towards reliable aggregate autonomy.

Exploring management strategies for community-based forests using multi-agent systems: A case study in Palawan, Philippines

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (11) ◽  
pp. 3607-3615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo C. Campo ◽  
Guillermo A. Mendoza ◽  
Philippe Guizol ◽  
Teodoro R. Villanueva ◽  
François Bousquet
Keyword(s):  
Management Strategies ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent

Engineering Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 513-535
Author(s):  
Carole Bernon ◽  
Valérie Camps ◽  
Marie-Pierre Gleizes ◽  
Gauthier Picard
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
The Third ◽  
Multi Agent

This chapter introduces the ADELFE methodology, an agent-oriented methodology dedicated to the design of systems that are complex, open, and not well-specified. The need for its development is justified by the theoretical background given in the first section, which also gives an overview of the concepts on which multi-agent systems developed with ADELFE are based. A methodology is composed of a process, a notation, and tools. Tools are presented in the second section and the process in the third one, using an information system case study to better visualize how to apply this process.

From Android Bug Reports to Android Bug Handling Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Liguo Yu
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Bug Reports ◽  
Bug Report ◽  
Bug Tracking ◽  
Android Development ◽  
Comprehensive Study

Android is an operating system for mobile devices. Its development is led by Google and some other companies. Because of the open-source property of Android, anyone can report a bug through its online bug tracking system. In this paper, we analyze the bug reports of Android operating systems. Specifically, through this study, we would like to answer the following questions regarding Android development and its project management: (1) Could Android bug reports be handled on time? (2) What is the distribution of different maintenance activities initiated by Android bug reports? (3) How long does it take to handle an Android bug report? (4) Are the number of followers and the number of following messages of an Android bug report related to the effort spent on handling this bug report? Through answering these questions, this paper presents a comprehensive study of Android bug reporting and handling process. The information and knowledge obtained through this case study could help us better understand open-source software project, such as its development process and project management.

Application of Fuzzy Labeled Transition System to Contract Net Protocol

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Kouah ◽  
Djamel Eddine Saïdouni
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Systems ◽  
Transition System ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Contract Net Protocol ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Contract Net ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Refinement Process ◽  
Labeled Transition System

For developing large dynamic systems in a rigorous manner, fuzzy labeled transition refinement tree (FLTRT for short) has been defined. This model provides a formal specification framework for designing such systems. In fact, it supports abstraction and enables fuzziness which allows a rigorous formal refinement process. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the applicability of FLTRT for designing multi agent systems (MAS for short), among others collective and internal agent's behaviors. Therefore, Contract Net Protocol (CNP for short) is chosen as case study.

Role-Based Multi-Agent Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 254-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibin Zhu ◽  
MengChu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
System Design ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent System ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Collaborative Behavior ◽  
Cooperative Agents ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Role Based ◽  
Information Personalization

Agent system design is a complex task challenging designers to simulate intelligent collaborative behavior. Roles can reduce the complexity of agent system design by categorizing the roles played by agents. The role concepts can also be used in agent systems to describe the collaboration among cooperative agents. In this chapter, we introduce roles as a means to support interaction and collaboration among agents in multi-agent systems. We review the application of roles in current agent systems at first, then describe the fundamental principles of role-based collaboration and propose the basic methodologies of how to apply roles into agent systems (i.e., the revised E-CARGO model). After that, we demonstrate a case study: a soccer robot team designed with role specifications. Finally, we present the potentiality to apply roles into information personalization.

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