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E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration


E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration

Modeling and Solving Problems in the Complex World
IEEE Press Series on Systems Science and Engineering 1. Aufl.

von: Haibin Zhu

106,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 16.11.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9781119693116
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 400

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<b>E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration</b> <p><b>A model for collaboratively solving complex problems </b> <p><i>E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration</i> offers a unique guide that explains the nature of collaboration, explores an easy-to-follow process of collaboration, and defines a model to solve complex problems in collaboration and complex systems. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the book initiates the study of an effective collaborative system from a novel perspective. The role-based collaboration (RBC) methodology investigates the most important aspects of a variety of collaborative systems including societal-technical systems. The models and algorithms can also be applied across system engineering, production, and management. <p>The RBC methodology provides insights into complex systems through the use of its core model E-CARGO. The E-CARGO model provides the fundamental components, principles, relationships, and structures for specifying the state, process, and evolution of complex systems. This important book: <ul><li>Contains a set of concepts, models, and algorithms for the analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, and assessment of a complex system</li> <li>Presents computational methods that use roles as a primary underlying mechanism to facilitate collaborative activities including role assignment</li> <li>Explores the RBC methodology that concentrates on the aspects that can be handled by individuals to establish a well-formed team</li> <li>Offers an authoritative book written by a noted expert on the topic</li></ul> <p>Written for researchers and practitioners dealing with complex problems in collaboration systems and technologies, <i>E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration</i> contains a model to solve real world problems with the help of computer-based systems.
<p>Author Biography xi</p> <p>Preface xiii</p> <p>A Guide to Reading This Book xvii</p> <p>Acknowledgments xix</p> <p>Symbols and Notations (Nomenclature) xxi</p> <p><b>Part I Backgrounds 1</b></p> <p><b>1 Introduction 3</b></p> <p>1.1 Collaboration and Collaboration Systems 3</p> <p>1.1.1 Collaboration 4</p> <p>1.1.2 Collaboration Systems 12</p> <p>1.2 Collaboration as “Divide and Conquer” 13</p> <p>1.3 Key Components of Collaboration 16</p> <p>1.4 The Nature of Collaboration 18</p> <p>1.5 The Complexity of Collaboration 20</p> <p>1.6 Collectivism or Individualism 21</p> <p>1.7 Collaboration and Complex Systems 24</p> <p>1.7.1 What Are Complex Systems? 24</p> <p>1.7.2 Examples of Complex Systems 26</p> <p>1.8 Collaboration and Problem Solving 27</p> <p>1.9 Summary 29</p> <p>References 30</p> <p>Exercises 34</p> <p><b>2 Role Concepts 35</b></p> <p>2.1 Terminology 35</p> <p>2.2 Modeling-Roles 40</p> <p>2.3 Roles in Agent Systems 42</p> <p>2.4 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) 45</p> <p>2.5 Roles in CSCW Systems 48</p> <p>2.6 Roles in Social Psychology and Management 51</p> <p>2.7 Convergence of Role Concepts 53</p> <p>2.8 Summary 58</p> <p>References 60</p> <p>Exercises 67</p> <p><b>Part II Methodologies and Models 69</b></p> <p><b>3 Role-Based Collaboration 71</b></p> <p>3.1 Requirements for Role-Based Collaboration 71</p> <p>3.2 Architecture of an RBC System 74</p> <p>3.3 The Environment Established by Role-Based Collaboration 76</p> <p>3.4 The Process of Role-Based Collaboration 79</p> <p>3.5 Fundamental Principles of RBC 83</p> <p>3.5.1 Object Principles 84</p> <p>3.5.2 Agent Principles 85</p> <p>3.5.3 Role Principles 85</p> <p>3.5.4 Group Principles 86</p> <p>3.6 Benefits of Role-Based Collaboration 87</p> <p>3.6.1 Establish Trust in Collaboration 87</p> <p>3.6.2 Establish Dynamics 88</p> <p>3.6.3 Facilitate Interaction 90</p> <p>3.6.4 Support Adaptation 91</p> <p>3.6.5 Information Sharing 92</p> <p>3.6.6 Other Benefits 93</p> <p>3.7 Summary 93</p> <p>References 94</p> <p>Exercises 101</p> <p><b>4 The E-CARGO Model </b>103</p> <p>4.1 First Class Components 103</p> <p>4.1.1 Objects and Classes 105</p> <p>4.1.2 Roles and Environments 107</p> <p>4.1.3 Agents and Groups 113</p> <p>4.2 Second Class Components 118</p> <p>4.2.1 Users or Human Users 118</p> <p>4.2.2 Message 118</p> <p>4.2.3 System 120</p> <p>4.3 Fundamental Relationships in E-CARGO 121</p> <p>4.3.1 The Relations Among Roles 122</p> <p>4.3.2 The Relations Between Roles and Agents 129</p> <p>4.3.3 The Relations Between Agents 130</p> <p>4.3.4 Properties of an RBC System 132</p> <p>4.4 Related Work 133</p> <p>4.5 Summary 135</p> <p>References 136</p> <p>Exercises 140</p> <p><b>5 Group Role Assignment (GRA) 141</b></p> <p>5.1 Role Assignment 141</p> <p>5.2 A Real-World Problem 142</p> <p>5.3 Extended Expression of the E-CARGO Model 145</p> <p>5.4 Group Role Assignment Problems 146</p> <p>5.4.1 Simple Role Assignment 146</p> <p>5.4.2 Rated Group Role Assignment 147</p> <p>5.4.3 Weighted Role Assignment 148</p> <p>5.5 General Assignment Problem and the K-M Algorithm 148</p> <p>5.6 Solutions to GRA Problems 152</p> <p>5.7 Implementation and Performance Analysis 159</p> <p>5.8 Case Study by Simulation 161</p> <p>5.9 Related Work 165</p> <p>5.10 Summary 166</p> <p>References 168</p> <p>Exercises 170</p> <p><b>6 Group Role Assignment with Constraints (GRA+) 173</b></p> <p>6.1 Group Multi-Role Assignment (GMRA) 173</p> <p>6.1.1 A Real-World Scenario 173</p> <p>6.1.2 Problem Formalization 175</p> <p>6.1.3 The CPLEX Solution and Its Performance Experiments 176</p> <p>6.1.4 Improvement of the CPLEX Solution 177</p> <p>6.1.5 Comparisons 180</p> <p>6.2 Group Role Assignment with Conflicting Agents (GRACA) 181</p> <p>6.2.1 A Real-World Scenario 181</p> <p>6.2.2 Problem Formalization 183</p> <p>6.2.3 The Benefits of Avoiding Conflicts 186</p> <p>6.2.4 GRACAR/G Problems Are Subproblems of an NP-Complete Problem 188</p> <p>6.2.5 Solutions with CPLEX 194</p> <p>6.3 Group Role Assignment with Cooperation and Conflict Factors 195</p> <p>6.3.1 A Real-World Scenario 195</p> <p>6.3.2 Problem Formalization 196</p> <p>6.3.3 A Practical Solution 200</p> <p>6.3.4 Performance Experiments 202</p> <p>6.3.5 The Benefits 203</p> <p>6.3.6 Cooperation and Conflict Factor Collection 204</p> <p>6.4 Related Work 206</p> <p>6.5 Summary 207</p> <p>References 208</p> <p>Exercises 212</p> <p><b>7 Group Role Assignment with Multiple Objectives (GRA++) 213</b></p> <p>7.1 Group Role Assignment with Budget Constraints (GRABC) 213</p> <p>7.1.1 A Real-World Scenario 213</p> <p>7.1.2 Problem Formalization 215</p> <p>7.1.3 Solutions with an ILP Solver 224</p> <p>7.1.4 Simulations of GRABC-WS and GRABC-Syn 226</p> <p>7.1.5 Performance Experiments and Improvements 227</p> <p>7.1.6 Synthesis 229</p> <p>7.2 Good at Many Things and Expert in One (GMEO) 229</p> <p>7.2.1 A Real-World Scenario 231</p> <p>7.2.2 Problem Formalizations 232</p> <p>7.2.3 A Solution with CPLEX 235</p> <p>7.2.4 Performance Experiments and Improvements 237</p> <p>7.2.5 A Simple Formalization of GMEO with an Efficient Solution 240</p> <p>7.2.6 A More Efficient Solution for GMEO-1 243</p> <p>7.3 Related Work 246</p> <p>7.4 Summary 248</p> <p>References 249</p> <p>Exercises 251</p> <p><b>Part III Applications 253</b></p> <p><b>8 Solving Engineering Problems with GRA 255</b></p> <p>8.1 Group Role Assignment with Agents’ Busyness Degrees 255</p> <p>8.1.1 A Real-World Scenario 256</p> <p>8.1.2 Problem Formalization 257</p> <p>8.1.3 Solutions 259</p> <p>8.1.4 Simulations and Benefits 261</p> <p>8.2 Group Multi-Role Assignment with Coupled Roles 264</p> <p>8.2.1 A Real-World Scenario 265</p> <p>8.2.2 The Problem Specification 267</p> <p>8.2.3 The Solutions with CPLEX and Initial Results 269</p> <p>8.2.4 Verification Experiments 270</p> <p>8.3 Most Economical Redundant Assignment 271</p> <p>8.3.1 A Real-World Scenario 272</p> <p>8.3.2 Problem Formalizations 273</p> <p>8.3.3 A Solution with CPLEX 274</p> <p>8.3.4 A New Form of the MERA Problem and a More Efficient Solution 277</p> <p>8.4 Related Work 281</p> <p>8.5 Summary 283</p> <p>References 284</p> <p>Exercises 287</p> <p><b>9 Role Transfer 289</b></p> <p>9.1 Role Transfer Problems 289</p> <p>9.2 The M-M Role Transfer Problems 292</p> <p>9.2.1 M-1 Problem 294</p> <p>9.2.2 1-M Problem 294</p> <p>9.2.3 M-M Problem 294</p> <p>9.3 From M-M RTPs to Role Assignment Problems 297</p> <p>9.4 Temporal M-M Role Transfer Problems 300</p> <p>9.4.1 Temporal Transfer with Weak Restriction 300</p> <p>9.4.2 Temporal Transfer with Strong Restriction 304</p> <p>9.4.3 A Near-Optimal Solution to SRTP with the Kuhn-Munkres Algorithm 309</p> <p>9.4.4 Performance Experiments 314</p> <p>9.5 Role Transfer Tool 315</p> <p>9.6 Related Work 317</p> <p>9.7 Summary 318</p> <p>References 319</p> <p>Exercises 322</p> <p><b>10 More to Investigate 323</b></p> <p>10.1 Role Negotiation 323</p> <p>10.2 Role Specification 324</p> <p>10.3 Agent Evaluation 324</p> <p>10.4 Collective Group Role Assignment 327</p> <p>10.4.1 One-Way Collective Role Assignment 328</p> <p>10.4.2 Two-Way Collective Role Assignment 329</p> <p>10.5 Role Engine 330</p> <p>10.5.1 Role Dynamics 331</p> <p>10.5.2 Role Interaction 332</p> <p>10.5.3 Role Presentation 332</p> <p>10.6 Social Simulation 333</p> <p>10.7 Adaptive Collaboration 335</p> <p>10.8 Other Challenges in RBC and E-CARGO 336</p> <p>10.8.1 Optimizations 338</p> <p>10.8.2 Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE) 338</p> <p>10.8.3 Multi-Agent Systems 339</p> <p>10.9 Not the End 339</p> <p>References 341</p> <p>Index 349</p>
<p><b>HAIBIN ZHU, P<small>H</small>D </b>is a Full Professor and the Chair of Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Founding Director of Collaborative Systems Laboratory, member of Arts and Science Executive Committee, Nipissing University. </p>
<p><b>A model for collaboratively solving complex problems </b></p> <p><i>E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration</i> offers a unique guide that explains the nature of collaboration, explores an easy-to-follow process of collaboration, and defines a model to solve complex problems in collaboration and complex systems. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the book initiates the study of an effective collaborative system from a novel perspective. The role-based collaboration (RBC) methodology investigates the most important aspects of a variety of collaborative systems including societal-technical systems. The models and algorithms can also be applied across system engineering, production, and management. <p>The RBC methodology provides insights into complex systems through the use of its core model E-CARGO. The E-CARGO model provides the fundamental components, principles, relationships, and structures for specifying the state, process, and evolution of complex systems. This important book: <ul><li>Contains a set of concepts, models, and algorithms for the analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, and assessment of a complex system</li> <li>Presents computational methods that use roles as a primary underlying mechanism to facilitate collaborative activities including role assignment</li> <li>Explores the RBC methodology that concentrates on the aspects that can be handled by individuals to establish a well-formed team</li> <li>Offers an authoritative book written by a noted expert on the topic</li></ul> <p>Written for researchers and practitioners dealing with complex problems in collaboration systems and technologies, <i>E-CARGO and Role-Based Collaboration</i> contains a model to solve real world problems with the help of computer-based systems.

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