Agent-oriented modelling

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Computer information systems pervade everyday life today - at home, at work, and at play. Not so long ago, a system is typically designed and constructed with a coherent vision by a single development organization, for use within the boundaries of single user organization. In today's open networked world, information systems rely on numerous other systems and services on the network to function properly and effectively. Today's systems cross many boundaries - e.g., to support business transactions, to manage healthcare, to enhance learning, or to play games. They require the cooperation of many software systems and information services created by other software developers, operated by different service providers, and used by people with different interests and organizational affiliations. Systems today are therefore better understood and analyzed using a social paradigm rather than the mechanistic paradigm of the past. A social paradigm is better able to deal with current issues such as privacy, security and trust, rapid business model transformations, and the move to service orientation.