Title :
Analysis and Categorization of Enterprises for Agent-Based Automation
Author :
Kirikal, Kristi ; Taveter, Kuldar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Tallinn Univ. of Technol., Tallinn, Estonia
Abstract :
Enterprise as a sociotechnical system consisting of interacting human and man-made agents is analysed using agent-oriented models. Two fundamental types of enterprises are distinguished based on their sales and planning processes. The categorization and analysis can be used for automation by software agents or robots.
Keywords :
human-robot interaction; organisational aspects; production engineering computing; social aspects of automation; software agents; agent-based automation; agent-oriented models; enterprises; human-man made agent interaction; planning process; robots; sales process; sociotechnical system; software agents; Biological system modeling; Collaborative work; Humans; Informatics; Marketing and sales; Object oriented modeling; Process planning; Robotics and automation; Sociotechnical systems; Software agents; agent; automation; enterprise; planning; production; service;
Conference_Titel :
Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE), 2010 19th IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Larissa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7216-1
DOI :
10.1109/WETICE.2010.10
