Agent Modeling Language (AML): A Comprehensive Approach to Modeling MAS

The Agent Modeling Language (AML) is a semi-formal visual modeling language for specifying, modeling and documenting systems that incorporate features drawn from multi-agent systems theory. It is specified as an extension to UML 2.0 in accordance with major OMG modeling frameworks (MDA, MOF, UML, and OCL). The ultimate objective of AML is to provide software engineers with a ready-to-use, complete and highly expressive modeling language suitable for the development of commercial software solutions based on multi-agent technologies. This paper presents an overview of AML. The scope of the language, its structure and extensibility mechanisms are discussed, and the core AML modeling constructs and mechanisms are introduced and demonstrated by examples.

parole chiave   agent, multi-agent system, modeling language, agent-oriented software engineering

evento origine

 Special Issue “Hot Topics in European Agent Research I”

 AL3-TF2

rivista o collana

 Informatica (Informatica)

pubblicazione contenitore

 Special Issue “Hot Topics in European Agent Research I” (numero speciale, 2005) — Andrea Omicini, Paolo Petta, Matjaz Gams

pubblicazione associata

 The Second AgentLink III Technical Forum: Main Issues and Hot Topics in European Agent Research (editoriale/introduzione/prefazione, 2005) — Andrea Omicini, Paolo Petta, Matjaz Gams

 An Overview of Current Trends in European AOSE Research (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Carole Bernon, Massimo Cossentino, Juan Pavón

 The Tropos Metamodel and its Use (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Angelo Susi, Anna Perini, John Mylopoulos, Paolo Giorgini

 On the Role of Environments in Multiagent Systems (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Danny Weyns, Tom Holvoet

 Towards a Unified View of the Environment(s) within Multi-Agent Systems (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Abdelkader Gouaïch, Fabien Michel

 Coordination Artifacts: A Unifying Abstraction for Engineering Environment-Mediated Coordination in MAS (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli

progetto finanziatore

 AgentLink III — A Coordination Network for Agent-based Computing (01/01/2004–31/01/2006)

pubblicazione associata per

 Coordination Artifacts: A Unifying Abstraction for Engineering Environment-Mediated Coordination in MAS (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli

 The Second AgentLink III Technical Forum: Main Issues and Hot Topics in European Agent Research (editoriale/introduzione/prefazione, 2005) — Andrea Omicini, Paolo Petta, Matjaz Gams

 Towards a Unified View of the Environment(s) within Multi-Agent Systems (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Abdelkader Gouaïch, Fabien Michel

 The Tropos Metamodel and its Use (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Angelo Susi, Anna Perini, John Mylopoulos, Paolo Giorgini

 On the Role of Environments in Multiagent Systems (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Danny Weyns, Tom Holvoet

 An Overview of Current Trends in European AOSE Research (articolo in rivista, 2005) — Carole Bernon, Massimo Cossentino, Juan Pavón