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Glossary

AI:
Artificial Intelligence.
Agent:
a unifying concept and metaphor considered in this project.
BRA:
Basic Research Action
CKBS:
Cooperating Knowledge-Based Systems.
CSCW:
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work - a subfield of AI concerned with the modelling of human interaction in order to provide computer support. It shares many concerns with Process Modelling.
DAI:
Distributed Artificial Intelligence.
DB:
Data Bases - a field of Information Science dealing with the storage of information representing knowledge about the external world.
DPS:
Distributed Problem Solving.
DSS:
Decision Support Systems.
Esprit:
European Strategic Programme in Information Technologies.
Facet:
one of the important aspects of the concept of ``agent''. - The main facets identified here are: state (belief, knowledge, goal, obligations, etc.), behaviour.
Field:
in this document, a scientific discipline that is considered for cross-fertilization on the concept of ``agent''.
Formal model:
a mathematical representation of a concept of interest (here, agent). Formal models are the basis of any language design, and of rigourous scientific investigation in general.
GM:
ModelAge General Meeting. Held twice a year.
KBS:
Knowledge-Based Systems.
MAS:
Multi-Agent Systems.
PM:
Process Modelling - a field of Information Science concerned with the formalisation of the cooperation between agents (designers, software tools) for the obtention of a given product (often, an information system.)
RE:
Requirements Engineering - a field of Information Science concerned with the elicitation and formalisation of requirements on an information system to be built.
SE:
Software Engineering - a field of Information Science concerned with the construction of software. Here we convene to exclude RE from its scope.
SM:
ModelAge Specialist Meeting.
WG:
Working Group.
WS:
ModelAge Workshop. Held once each year.

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Pierre-Yves Schobbens
Fri Nov 25 10:58:38 WET 1994