Authors:
M. C. Romero
1
;
R. M. Crowder
2
;
Y. W. Sim
2
and
T. R. Payne
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Seville, Spain
;
2
School of Electronic and Computer Science, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Simulation, multi-agent systems, artificial social systems, engineering design, integrated product teams.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Agents
;
Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Coordination in Multi-Agent Systems
;
Data Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Intelligent Agents
;
Internet Technology
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
This paper considers an agent-based approach to organizational modelling within the engineering design domain. The interactions between individual designers within a design teams has a significant impact upon how well a task can be performed, and hence the quality of the resultant product, hence many organisations wish to model, and hence fully understand the process. Using multi-agent social modelling, designers and the design task attributes can be the subject of rules implying how well tasks can be performed given different levels of these attributes. In this paper we discuss the background to the work and the identifications of individual, and team variables.