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The paper presents an abstract architecture specifically addressed for the design of open multi-agent systems (MAS) and virtual organizations. The proposal takes into account all the components to cover the characteristics and needs for systems of this kind. This architecture has been called THOMAS (MeTHods, Techniques and Tools for Open Multi-Agent Systems) and consists of a set of modular services.
This work has been partially funded by TIN2006-14630-C03 project of the Spanish goverment, FEDER funds and CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 under grant CSD2007-00022.
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Rebollo, M. et al. (2009). On the Road to an Abstract Architecture for Open Virtual Organizations. In: Cabestany, J., Sandoval, F., Prieto, A., Corchado, J.M. (eds) Bio-Inspired Systems: Computational and Ambient Intelligence. IWANN 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5517. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02478-8_81
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