A Notation for Modeling Jason-Like BDI Agents

Author

Cossentino, Massimo ; Chella, Antonio ; Lodato, Carmelo ; Lopes, Salvatore ; Ribino, Patrizia ; Seidita, Valeria

Author_Institution

Ist. di Reti e Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni, Consiglio Naz. delle Ric., Palermo, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 July 2012

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

19

Abstract

The design and development of a large Multi Agent System (MAS) is a complex and difficult activity where a proper modeling notation may offer a significant contribution to the formulation of the best solution. The support provided by a specific CASE tool can significantly contribute to make the chosen approach technically valid and it is also a fundamental element of a feasible development strategy. The present work reports a UML profile and the related graphical notation for describing a MAS based on the Jason meta model. Moreover a specific CASE tool has been developed for supporting MASs design and automatic code generation. The proposed notation is shown in details using a classical example from the Jason tutorial (domestic robot).

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; computer aided software engineering; multi-agent systems; CASE tool; Jason metamodel; Jason-like BDI agents; UML profile; automatic code generation; domestic robot; multiagent system; Computer aided software engineering; Context; Multiagent systems; Object oriented modeling; Robots; Tutorials; Unified modeling language; CASE tool; Jason; Multi-agent system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS), 2012 Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Palermo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1233-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISIS.2012.203

Filename

6245583