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The Agent Systems Methodology (ASEME): A Preliminary Report
"... Abstract. This paper presents the Agent SystEms MEthodology (ASEME) for developing multi-agent systems. ASEME proposes a modular agent design approach and introduces the concept of intra-agent control. The latter defines the agent’s lifecycle by coordinating the different modules that implement his ..."
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Abstract. This paper presents the Agent SystEms MEthodology (ASEME) for developing multi-agent systems. ASEME proposes a modular agent design approach and introduces the concept of intra-agent control. The latter defines the agent’s lifecycle by coordinating the different modules that implement his capabilities. The modeling of the intra-agent control is based on statecharts. The analysis phase builds on the concepts of capability and functionality. ASEME covers all the phases of the software development process and deals with both the individual and societal aspect of the agents. However, in this paper we focus in presenting only the individual agent development process.
Service Level Agreement Management with Adaptive Coordination
, 2006
"... Service Level Agreement Management in the telecommunications domain consists of a set of mechanisms for provisioning and monitoring services according to requirements given by either a customer or provider. This paper presents an approach to adaptive coordination between customers requesting service ..."
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Service Level Agreement Management in the telecommunications domain consists of a set of mechanisms for provisioning and monitoring services according to requirements given by either a customer or provider. This paper presents an approach to adaptive coordination between customers requesting service via an SLA, and the provider who owns and provisions network resources. We deploy a set of software agents capable of automating negotiation between these parties, while applying provider policy and controlling admission of service requests onto the underlying network infrastructure. An architecture supporting this approach is described, as is a prototype of the full system deployed on a network simulator.
Software agents in ADAJ: Load balancing in a distributed environment
- Applications of Mathematics in Engineering and Economics’34
, 2008
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The aml approach to modeling autonomic systems
- in ICAS ’06: Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems
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The Agent Modeling Language (AMOLA)
"... Abstract. This paper presents the Agent MOdeling LAnguage (AMOLA). This language provides the syntax and semantics for creating models of multi-agent systems covering the analysis and design phases of the software development process. It supports a modular agent design approach and introduces the co ..."
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Abstract. This paper presents the Agent MOdeling LAnguage (AMOLA). This language provides the syntax and semantics for creating models of multi-agent systems covering the analysis and design phases of the software development process. It supports a modular agent design approach and introduces the concepts of intra-and inter-agent control. The first defines the agent’s lifecycle by coordinating the different modules that implement his capabilities, while the latter defines the protocols that govern the coordination of the society of the agents. The modeling of the intra and inter-agent control is based on statecharts. The analysis phase builds on the concepts of capability and functionality. AMOLA deals with both the individual and societal aspect of the agents. However, in this paper we focus in presenting only the individual agent development process. AMOLA is used by ASEME, a general agent systems development methodology. Keywords: Multi-agent systems, Tools and methodologies for multi-agent software systems 1
Agent interaction modeling based on product-centric data: A formal method to improve enterprise interoperability
- in Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability
, 2009
"... Abstract. This paper shows how companies can use product-centric data to locally represent the interactions with and between their partners. An agent-based interaction modeling language is used to capture these interactions graphically and formally. Moreover, a formal method is introduced that enabl ..."
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Abstract. This paper shows how companies can use product-centric data to locally represent the interactions with and between their partners. An agent-based interaction modeling language is used to capture these interactions graphically and formally. Moreover, a formal method is introduced that enables partners to automatically construct a global interaction diagram from their local interaction representations. This global interaction diagram improves enterprise interoperability, since it increases overall process visibility. A simple process example is used to illustrate the approach.
D.: Applying a uml-based agent modeling language to the autonomic computing domain
- In: ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications, onward! track
, 2006
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Applying a UML-based agent modeling language to the autonomic computing domain
Combining an jade-agent-based grid infrastructure with the globus middleware—initial solution
- in Proc. of the CIMCA-IAWITC 2008 Conference, M. Mohammadian, ed., Los Alamitos, CA, 2008, IEEE CS
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TOWARDS AGENT-BASED MODELING AND VERIFICATION OF COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS PROCESSES: AN APPROACH CENTERED ON INTERACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
"... This paper presents the process-oriented aspects of a formal and visual agent-based business process modeling language. The language is of use for (networks of) organizations that elect or envisage multi-agent systems for the support of collaborative business processes. The paper argues that the des ..."
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This paper presents the process-oriented aspects of a formal and visual agent-based business process modeling language. The language is of use for (networks of) organizations that elect or envisage multi-agent systems for the support of collaborative business processes. The paper argues that the design of a collaborative business process should start with a proper understanding of the work practice of the agents in the business domain under consideration. The language introduces a novel diagram to represent the wide range of (cross-enterprise) business interactions as a hierarchy of rolebased interactions (including their ordering relations) in a tree structure. The behaviors owned by the agents playing the roles in the tree are specified in separate process diagrams. A collaborative business process studied in the context of a case study at a Dutch gas transport company is used to exemplify the modeling approach. Explicit (agent-based) process models can and should be verified using formal methods. In the business process community, design-time verification of a process design is considered vital in order to ensure the correctness and termination of a collaborative business process. The proposed modeling approach is enhanced with a design-time verification method. The direction taken in this research is to combine the interaction tree and the associated agent behaviors into a verifiable hierarchical colored Petri net in order to take advantage of its well-defined
1 An Object-Process-Based Modeling Language for Multi-Agent Systems
"... While a number of modeling languages for constructing Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have been suggested, none of them is widely accepted and used. A prominent reason for this is the gap that exists between agent-oriented modeling languages and the agent-based system modeling needs, including accessibili ..."
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While a number of modeling languages for constructing Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have been suggested, none of them is widely accepted and used. A prominent reason for this is the gap that exists between agent-oriented modeling languages and the agent-based system modeling needs, including accessibility, flexibility, and expressiveness. This paper addresses the need for such a language by proposing OPM/MAS, an agent modeling language that extends Object-Process Methodology (OPM) with an intermediate metamodel of the MAS domain. Three case studies and a comparison to contemporary agent modeling languages demonstrate the novelty and benefits of OPM/MAS.
