Multi-Agent Abstractions and Organizations and the i* Framework

i* is one of the more promising goal-oriented modeling framework to capture and model multi agent systems (MAS) requirements. Moreover, i* has been incorporated as the foundation for one of the more important AOSE methodologies, that is, Tropos. Our research interests related with i* cover two mainly directions. The first, is to compare i* with other methods, techniques and notations for capturing and modeling MAS abstractions. The second is related to the computational organization theory to model the organizational perspective of the MAS. Specifically, we are analyzing the critical issue of coping with adaptive changes of MAS organizations whenever circumstances claim for changes in the very MAS structure. Then, we are surveying different relevant AOSE methodologies, Tropos (and therefore i*) among others, to discuss their suitability in dealing with adaptation in MAS organizations.