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Jacques FERBERProfessor of data-processing in the computer department of the University of Montpellier, and research worker in the LIRMM (CNRS). Jacques FERBER is at the origin of the Aalaadin project on the multi-agent system notion from an organizational point of view: the Agent-Group-Role |
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James J. OdellJames J. Odell is a consultant, writer, and educator in the areas of object-oriented and agent-based systems, methodology, business modeling, ontology, and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Working with the OMG and other standards organizations, he continues to innovate and improve modeling methods and techniques. He has been the chair of the OMG's Analysis and Design Task Force for ten years and has participated in the development of the UML 1.0 and UML 2.0. He is the also acting chair of the OMG's Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Task Force, The Open Group's Adaptive Business Solutions group, and the IEEE FIPA standards committee. He has co-authored books with James Martin entitled Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (1992), Object-Oriented Methods: Pragmatic Considerations (1996), and Object-Oriented Methods: A Foundation, UML Edition (1998) published by Prentice-Hall. He was the editor of three books on agent-oriented software engineering. He conducts international seminars and workshops and provides consulting to major companies worldwide. |