DEFINITION DISJOINT SUBTYPES CONTENT MANAGEMENT

FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Temporal Status of Agent


Categorized Class  Agent
An  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.

DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Agent'


NameDescription
  Agent State
An  Agent State is a temporal slice type of an Agent related to its lifefcyle.
Examples:
. The lifecycle phases of a person, such as childhood, adulthood, eldery stage.
. The lifecyle phases of a hospital such as construction phase, operation and maintenance phase, renovation and expansion phase, decommissioning phase.
  Whole Life Agent
Whole Life Agent is an Agent that is not the temporal slice type of any other Agent.
Examples:
. A type of building such as a skycraper.
. A type of person such as a philosopher.
. A type of facility such as a Hospital.