Self-organization and adjustable autonomy: Two sides of the same coin?

• Published in: Connection science Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 345 - 359
• Main Author: SCHILLO, MICHAEL
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.2002; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Autonomy; Holonic Multiagent Systems; Organization; Organization development; Organizational structure; Scheduling; Sovereignty; Task-assignment

In this paper the relationship between self-organization of multi-agent systems and adjustable autonomy in intelligent agents is explored. To discuss multi-agent organizations, the framework for Self-organization and robustness in multi-agent systems (FORM) is introduced. This framework uses delegat...