Title :
A Study on Modeling of Multi-agent Collaboration in Virtual Enterprise Based on Extended UML
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus. Adm., Hunan Univ., Changsha
Abstract :
Through extending the graphical and semantic elements of UML message, and using UML to construct the mechanism of multi-agent cooperation based on contract-net protocol, an extended UML based multi-agent collaboration model for task allocation in virtual enterprise (VE) is proposed. As UML is a kind of standard unified modeling language, the model is endowed with some good properties, such as visualization, easy to understand and so on.
Keywords :
Unified Modeling Language; multi-agent systems; production management; virtual enterprises; contract-net protocol; multi-agent collaboration; task allocation; unified modeling language; virtual enterprises; Collaborative software; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer science; International collaboration; Multiagent systems; Object oriented modeling; Software engineering; Unified modeling language; Virtual enterprises; UML; collaboration; multi-agent system; virtual enterprise;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2008 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3336-0
DOI :
10.1109/CSSE.2008.1498
