Abstract
In the past two decades, multi-agent systems have emerged as a new paradigm for conceptualizing large and complex distributed software systems. Even though there are many conceptual frameworks for using multi-agent systems, there is no well established and widely accepted method for the representation of multi-agent systems. We adapt a well-known formal model, predicate transition nets, to include the notions of dynamic structure, agent communication and coordination to address the representation problems. This paper presents a comprehensive methodology for modeling multi-agents based on the extensions. We demonstrate our modeling approach with an example. Several case studies on different application domains from our previous works are also discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 891-925 |
Number of pages | 35 |
Journal | International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Software
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Artificial Intelligence
Keywords
- agent-oriented modeling
- multi-agent systems
- Petri nets