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Representing agent interaction protocols in UML

Authors:

H. Van Dyke Parunak,

Bernhard BauerAuthors Info & Claims

First international workshop, AOSE 2000 on Agent-oriented software engineering

Pages 121 - 140

Published: 01 January 2001 Publication History

Abstract

Gaining wide acceptance for the use of agents in industry requires both relating it to the nearest antecedent technology (objectoriented software development) and using artifacts to support the development environment throughout the full system lifecycle. We address both of these requirements using AUML, the Agent UML (Unified Modeling Language)--a set of UML idioms and extensions. This paper illustrates the approach by presenting a three-layer AUML representation for agent interaction protocols: templates and packages to represent the protocol as a whole; sequence and collaboration diagrams to capture inter-agent dynamics; and activity diagrams and state charts to capture both intra-agent and inter-agent dynamics.

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Representing agent interaction protocols in UML
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Distributed artificial intelligence
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
      1. Software implementation planning
        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management

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First international workshop, AOSE 2000 on Agent-oriented software engineering

January 2001

321 pages

ISBN:3540415947

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Michael J. Wooldridge
The Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Paolo Ciancarini
The Univ. of Bologna, Bologn, Italy

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