ABSTRACT
This chapter presents considerations to develop an agent-based methodology invoking a collaborative environment for seaport authorities. Seaport authorities as decision makers must base their standpoints on different scenarios (e.g., through simulations) suitable to show outputs against empirical decisions. The agent-based modeling allows for the generation of a simulated emergent behavior, which could be observed in the dynamics of the seaport given its consideration as a complex socio-technical system. Key properties to investigate are agents’ active or passive behavior, as well as their autonomous capability and jurisdictional heterogeneity. We state that two possible frameworks to support agents’ interaction and communication (i.e., the knowledge level to support the dynamic behavior needed in the system) are IEEE-FIPA and BSPL. Finally, we provide an example of how to represent the agent’s knowledge visually through output functions of the agent-based system for seaport authorities’ collaboration, considering a declarative formalism that can be represented in a universe of discourse that semantically contributes to the identification of decision-making choices.
