This paper proposes to enrich the artifact-centric approach in two ways. First, relying on the Agent-Oriented Paradigm (AOP), the tasks acting on artifacts are organized in agents, seen as autonomous loci of control, whose execution is goal-driven. Second, the business artifact model is complemented by a normative dimension. Norms are used to represent the data lifecycle in a form that is inspectable and reasoned upon by agents. Agents can therefore create expectations about the behaviors of others and hence, leveraging on the norms, agents can act on an artifact so as to entice, or oblige, others to act themselves. The paper discusses the advantages and consequences of this norm-aware enrichment, and outlines a possible realization based on social commitments.

Enriching Business Artifacts with Coordination

BALDONI, Matteo;BAROGLIO, Cristina;CAPUZZIMATI, FEDERICO;MICALIZIO, ROBERTO
2017-01-01

Abstract

This paper proposes to enrich the artifact-centric approach in two ways. First, relying on the Agent-Oriented Paradigm (AOP), the tasks acting on artifacts are organized in agents, seen as autonomous loci of control, whose execution is goal-driven. Second, the business artifact model is complemented by a normative dimension. Norms are used to represent the data lifecycle in a form that is inspectable and reasoned upon by agents. Agents can therefore create expectations about the behaviors of others and hence, leveraging on the norms, agents can act on an artifact so as to entice, or oblige, others to act themselves. The paper discusses the advantages and consequences of this norm-aware enrichment, and outlines a possible realization based on social commitments.
2017
CAiSE Forum 2017, Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE)
Essen, Germany
June, 2017
Proceedings of the Forum and Doctoral Consortium Papers Presented at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2017)
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
1848
17
24
http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1848/
Business Artifacts, Normative MAS, Social Commitments
Baldoni, Matteo; Baroglio, Cristina; Capuzzimati, Federico; Micalizio, Roberto
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