Ethnographically informed agent based computational model for collaborative systems

Rahat Iqbal; John Halloran; Nazaraf Shah; Anne James

doi:10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642296

Ethnographically informed agent based computational model for collaborative systems

Rahat Iqbal, John Halloran, Nazaraf Shah, Anne James

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Abstract

This paper presents an agent based computational model in order to address the long acknowledged problem of translating ethnographic findings into system design. This model is based on an ethnographic framework consisting of three dimensions, distributed coordination, awareness of work and plans and procedures; and the BDI (belief, desire and intention) model of intelligent agents. The ethnographic framework is used to organise ethnographically derived information into the three dimensions; whereas the BDI model allows the information to be mapped onto the concepts of multi-agent systems. Focusing on a case study, the usefulness of the proposed model is demonstrated by showing that ethnographic accounts can systematically inform system design and development. Evaluation and generalisability of the model is discussed in the paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	3235-3241
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-6588-0, 978-1-4244-6587-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-6586-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642296
Publication status	Published - 22 Nov 2010
Event	2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 10 Oct 2010 → 13 Oct 2010

Conference

Conference	2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010
Abbreviated title	SMC 2010
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	10/10/10 → 13/10/10

Keywords

Awareness
Distributed coordination
Plans and procedures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Control and Systems Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction

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Iqbal, R, Halloran, J , Shah, N & James, A 2010, Ethnographically informed agent based computational model for collaborative systems. in 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010., 5642296, IEEE, pp. 3235-3241, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, 10/10/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642296

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