FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Conceptualization Levels of Agent
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AgentAn Agent is an Operating Asset which is able to participate actively to Behaviors, to produce and react to Outcome Events. 1. Agents participate to Action Processes (Active Participant) and/or conduct Action Processes (Performed Process). 2. Agents participate to Interaction Process (Scenario Participant) describing how they interact with other Agents. These actions and interactions define Agents boundaries described by Service Interfaces. |
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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Agent'
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Conceptual Agent |
A Conceptual Agent is an abstract type of Agent that depicts a functional division of labor within an enterprise, influencing the formation of its business operating model. The concrete specializations of Conceptual Agent follow the systemic level pattern and come in the form of Operating Domain (a Macro Conceptual Agent) and Business Function (a Mezzo Conceptual Agent). |
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Resource Agent |
A Resource Agent is an entity type which instance belongs to the physical space, and comprises Human Agents, Hardware Systems, Software Systems and Natural Resources. Resource Agent is the supertype of all types of Agents that produce and react to Resource Outcome Events. This includes: 1) Business Agents which represent physical resources that produce and react to Business Outcome Events of the enterprise. 2) Technology Systems which represents enabling systems that produce and react to Technology Outcome Events. |