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7th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2009) pp 440–449Cite as

Designing Virtual Organizations

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Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing ((AINSC,volume 55))

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Virtual Organizations are a suitable mechanism for enabling coordination of heterogeneous agents in open environments. Taking into account many concepts of the Human Organization Theory, a model for Virtual Organizations has been developed. This model describes the structural, functional, normative and environmental aspects of the system. It is based on four main concepts: organizational unit, service, norm and environment. All these concepts have been applied in a case-study example for the management of a travel agency system.

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  1. DSIC, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    N. Criado, E. Argente, V. Julián & V. Botti

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  1. Laboratoire d’Informatique de Grenoble Maison Jean Kuntzmann, Domaine Universitaire de Saint Martin d’Heres, 110 av. de la Chimie, 38041, Grenoble, France

    Yves Demazeau

  2. Facultad de Informática de la, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain

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  3. Departamento de Informática y Automática Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

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Criado, N., Argente, E., Julián, V., Botti, V. (2009). Designing Virtual Organizations. In: Demazeau, Y., Pavón, J., Corchado, J.M., Bajo, J. (eds) 7th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (PAAMS 2009). Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00487-2_47

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