Agent oriented programming based on SLABS

Author

Wang, Ji ; Shen, Rui ; Zhu, Hong

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. for Parallel & Distributed Process., Changsha, China

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

26-28 July 2005

Firstpage

127

Abstract

SLABS is a formal specification language designed for modular and composable specification of multi-agent systems. This paper reports our attempts to support SLABS at the level of programming languages. A programming language, SLABSp, is presented to support two distinguished mechanisms, namely caste and scenario, in caste-centric methodology of agent-oriented software development. Based on Java platform, the SLABSp has been implemented by compiling the programs into Java with the multi-agent runtime environment.

Keywords

Java; formal specification; multi-agent systems; object-oriented programming; program compilers; software agents; specification languages; Java platform; SLABS; SLABSp; agent oriented programming; agent-oriented software development; caste-centric methodology; composable specification; formal specification language; modular specification; multiagent runtime environment; multiagent systems; program compilation; programming language; Application software; Computer languages; Distributed processing; Formal specifications; Java; Laboratories; Multiagent systems; Programming; Protocols; Slabs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2005. COMPSAC 2005. 29th Annual International

ISSN

0730-3157

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2413-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMPSAC.2005.41

Filename

1510009