UML 2.0 and agents: how to build agent-based systems with the new UML standard
Engineering Applications of Artificial IntelligencePublished 7 January 2005
Bernhard Bauer, James Odell
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This paper shows how UML 2.0 can be applied for the specification of agent-based systems and gives a short overview on existing agent methodologies to have a reference what has to be specified in such systems.
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Unified Modeling Language (UML 2.0) is the upcoming standard of the Object Management Group for specifying object-oriented software systems. In this paper, we will show how UML 2.0 can be applied for the specification of agent-based systems. Moreover, we will give a short overview on existing agent methodologies to have a reference what has to be specified in such systems. The paper concludes with some outlook for further research and open issues for specifying agents with UML 2.0.
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