Agent-oriented Information Systems: 5th International Bi-conference Workshop, Aois 2003, Melbourne, Australia, July 14, 2003 And Chicago, Il, Usa, October 13, 2003 ; Revised Selected Papers Agent Oriented Information Systems Aois 2003

Thisproceedingsvolumeofthe5thaoisworkshopisanopportunityforlooking Back At ?ve Years Of Organizing Aois Workshops. What Did We Achieve With The Aois Workshop Series? Where Were We ?ve Years Ago, Where Are We Now? Did Ourthemeimpactontheinformationsystems?eldinthewaythatwehadhoped For? Aois Workshops Have Taken Place In Seattle, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Austin, Montr´ Eal, Interlaken, Toronto, Bologna, Melbourne, And Chicago, Always In C- Junction With A Major Conference On Either Multiagent Systems In Arti?cial - Telligence (ai/mas) Or Information Systems (is). We Have Tried To Innovate In Holding These Workshops As Biconference Events (each Year Aois Held Two Wo- Shop Events, One At An Ai/mas Conference And One At An Is Conference), As Well As Using The Aois Web Site As A Medium For Communication Among Researchers. So, Certainly, We Have Reached A Wide Audience Of Researchers Around The World From Both The Ai/mas And Is Communities. But Did We Also Manage To Build Up A Dedicated Aois Community? Five Years Ago, We Wrote: “agent Concepts Could Fundamentally Alter The Nature Of Information Systems Of The Future, And How We Build Them, Much Like Structured Analysis, Er Modeling, And Object-orientation Has Precipitated Fundamental Changes In Is Practice. ” Of Course, A Period Of ?ve Years Is Too Short For Evaluating The Success Or Failure Of A New Scienti?c Paradigm. But Still We May Observe That While Most Is Conferences Meanwhile List Agents As One Of Their Many Preferred Topics, Agent-orientation Is Generally Not Considered To Be A Fundamental Is Paradigm. Information Systems And Applications -- Design Of A Mas Into A Human Organization: Application To An Information Multi-agent System -- I-minds: An Agent-oriented Information System For Applications In Education -- Trustworthy Service Caching: Cooperative Search In P2p Information Systems -- Agent-based Support For Mobile Users Using Agentspeak(l) -- Market-based Recommendations: Design, Simulation And Evaluation -- Methodologies -- Comparing Agent-oriented Methodologies -- A Framework For Evaluating Agent-oriented Methodologies -- Towards Reuse In Agent Oriented Information Systems: The Importance Of Being Purposive -- Towards A More Expressive And Refinable Multiagent System Engineering Methodology -- Modelling, Analysis And Simulation -- A Pattern Language For Motivating The Use Of Agents -- A Practical Agent-based Approach To Requirements Engineering For Socio-technical Systems -- Aor Modelling And Simulation: Towards A General Architecture For Agent-based Discrete Event Simulation -- Modelling Institutional, Communicative And Physical Domains In Agent Oriented Information Systems. Paolo Giorgini, Brian Henderson-sellers, Michael Winikoff (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Also Issued Online. Thisproceedingsvolumeofthe5thAOISWorkshopisanopportunityforlooking back at?ve years of organizing AOIS workshops. What did we achieve with the AOIS workshop series? Where were we?ve years ago, where are we now? Did ourthemeimpactontheinformationsystems?eldinthewaythatwehadhoped for? AOIS workshops have taken place in Seattle, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Austin, Montrþ eal, Interlaken, Toronto, Bologna, Melbourne, and Chicago, always in c- junction with a major conference on either multiagent systems in arti?cial - telligence (AI/MAS) or information systems (IS). We have tried to innovate in holding these workshops as biconference events (each year AOIS held two wo- shop events, one at an AI/MAS conference and one at an IS conference), as well as using the AOIS web site as a medium for communication among researchers. So, certainly, we have reached a wide audience of researchers around the world from both the AI/MAS and IS communities. But did we also manage to build up a dedicated AOIS community? Five years ago, we wrote: "Agent concepts could fundamentally alter the nature of information systems of the future, and how we build them, much like structured analysis, ER modeling, and Object-Orientation has precipitated fundamental changes in IS practice." Of course, a period of?ve years is too short for evaluating the success or failure of a new scienti?c paradigm. But still we may observe that while most IS conferences meanwhile list agents as one of their many preferred topics, agent-orientation is generally not considered to be a fundamental IS paradigm Front Matter....Pages - Design of a MAS into a Human Organization: Application to an Information Multi-agent System....Pages 1-15 I-MINDS: An Agent-Oriented Information System for Applications in Education....Pages 16-31 Trustworthy Service Caching: Cooperative Search in P2P Information Systems....Pages 32-44 Agent-Based Support for Mobile Users Using AgentSpeak(L)....Pages 45-60 Market-Based Recommendations: Design, Simulation and Evaluation....Pages 61-77 Comparing Agent-Oriented Methodologies....Pages 78-93 A Framework for Evaluating Agent-Oriented Methodologies....Pages 94-109 Towards Reuse in Agent Oriented Information Systems: The Importance of Being Purposive....Pages 110-125 Towards a More Expressive and Refinable Multiagent System Engineering Methodology....Pages 126-141 A Pattern Language for Motivating the Use of Agents....Pages 142-157 A Practical Agent-Based Approach to Requirements Engineering for Socio-technical Systems....Pages 158-173 AOR Modelling and Simulation: Towards a General Architecture for Agent-Based Discrete Event Simulation....Pages 174-188 Modelling Institutional, Communicative and Physical Domains in Agent Oriented Information Systems....Pages 189-205 Back Matter....Pages - This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Bi-Conference Workshop on Agent-Oriented Information Systems, held in Melbourne, Australia in July 2003 at AAMAS 2003 and in Chicago, IL, USA in October 2003 at ER 2003. The revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from a total of 36 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on information systems and applications; methodologies; and modeling, analysis, and simulation The boom ¡n Internet technology and company networks has contributed towards completely changing a good number of habits which have been well-established in companies for several decades.