{"title":"Simulation of Online Communities Using MAS Social and Spatial Organisations","authors":"Maya Rupert, Salima Hassas, Carlos Li, John Sherwood","volume":6,"journal":"International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering","pagesStart":1606,"pagesEnd":1612,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/8245","abstract":"Online Communities are an example of sociallyaware,\nself-organising, complex adaptive computing systems.\nThe multi-agent systems (MAS) paradigm coordinated by\nself-organisation mechanisms has been used as an effective\nway for the simulation and modeling of such systems. In this\npaper, we propose a model for simulating an online health\ncommunity using a situated multi-agent system approach,\ngoverned by the co-evolution of the social and spatial\norganisations of the agents.","references":"[1] S. Kauffman, The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in\nEvolution, Oxford University Press, 1993.\n[2] J. Holland, Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity, Perseus\nBooks, Massachusetts, 1995.\n[3] G.D.M. Serugendo, M.-P. Gleizes, and A. Karageorgos, \"Selforganization\nin multi-agent systems\", Knowl. Eng. Rev. 20 (2005) 165-\n189.\n[4] D. Weyns, M. Schumacher, A. Ricci, M. Viroli, and T. Holvoet,\n\"Environments in multiagent systems\", Knowl. Eng. Rev. 20 (2005)\n127-141.\n[5] S. Hassas, \"Engineering Complex Adaptive Systems using Situated\nMAS: Some Selected Works and Contributions\", in: Sixth International\nWorkshop on Engineering Societies in the Agents' World (ESAW 2005),\nLNCS Springer Verlag, LNAI, Turkey, 2005.\n[6] S. Hassas, \"Syst\u00e8mes complexes \u251c\u00e1 base de multi-agents situ\u00e9s\", HDR\nUniversity Claude Bernard Lyon, 2003.\n[7] J. Ferber, O. Gutknecht, and F. Michel, \"From agents to organizations:\nAn organizational view of multi-agent systems\", in: AOSE 2003 : agent\noriented software engineering IV, Springer, Berlin, 2003.\n[8] S.A. DeLoach, Multiagent systems engineering of organization-based\nmultiagent systems, in: Proceedings of the fourth international workshop\non Software engineering for large-scale multi-agent systems, ACM\nPress, St. Louis, Missouri, 2005, pp. 1-7.\n[9] J. Odell, M. Nodine, and R. Levy, \"A Metamodel for Agents, Roles, and\nGroups\", Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) Lecture Notes\non Computer Science LNCS 3382 (2005).\n[10] J. Vazquez-Salceda, V. Dignum, and F. Dignum, \"Organizing\nMultiagent Systems\", Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems 11\n(2005) 307-360.\n[11] P.P. Grass\u00e9, \"La reconstruction du nid et les coordinations interindividuelles\nchez bellicoitermes natalenis et cubitermes, la th\u00e9orie de la\nstigmergie\", Insectes Sociaux 6 (1959) 41-81.\n[12] G.T. E. Bonabeau, J.-L. Deneubourg,, and S. Camazine, \"Selforganisation\nin social insects.\" Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12\n(1997) 188-193.\n[13] E. Bonabeau, M. Dorigo, and G. Theraulaz, Swarm Intelligence: From\nNatural to Artificial Systems, Oxford University Press, New York, US,\n1999.\n[14] J. Odell, H.V.D. Parunak, and M. Fleischer, \"The Role of Roles in\nDesigning Effective Agent Organizations\", in: A.L. Garcia, C.;\nZambonelli, F.; Omicini, A.; Castro, J. (Ed.), in: Software Engineering\nfor Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems, Lecture Notes on Computer\nScience , Springer, 2003, pp. 27-38.\n[15] J. Odell, H.V.D. Parunak, M. Fleischer, and S. Breuckner, \"Modeling\nAgents and their Environment\", in: J.O. F. Giunchiglia, Gerhard Weiss\n(Ed.), in: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) III, Lecture\nNotes on Computer Science, 2002, pp. 16-31.\n[16] S. Brueckner, \"Return from the Ant: Synthetic Ecosystems for\nManufacturing Control.\" Department of Computer Science, Humboldt\nUniversity, Berlin, 2000.\n[17] S. Brueckner, and H.V.D. Parunak, \"Swarming Agents for Distributed\nPattern Detection and Classification\", in: In Proceedings of Workshop\non Ubiquitous Computing, AAMAS 2002.\n[18] M. Rupert, A. Rattrout, and S. Hassas, \"The web from a Complex\nAdaptive Systems Perspective\", Journal of Computer and Systems\nSciences - Elsevier in press (accepted for publication) (2007).\n[19] Wikipedia, \"http:\/\/wn.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_community\", 2007.\n[20] D. Maloney-Krichmar, and J. Preece, \"A multilevel analysis of\nsociability, usability, and community dynamics in an online health\ncommunity\", ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact. 12 (2005) 201-232.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 6, 2007"}