Implementing Agent Evolution with Roles in Collaborative Systems

Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) systems could support people to accomplish common work cooperatively with the help of computers. Members of a team take on corresponding tasks by playing particular roles during a collaborative activity. The team members are affected by the changing requirements, the environment and the advancement of personal ability. Hence, it leads to the continual transition between roles continually of both human users and the agents representing them. First, this paper analyzes the research situation of roles and agent collaboration; then, it introduces the E-CARGO model as the basic mechanism of agent evolution and describes the processes and rules of agent evolution. Lastly, it describes the implementation of role transitions mechanisms for agents and gives a real example of agent evolution