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Model-driven architecture for agent-based systems

Authors:

Denis Gračanin,

H. Lally Singh,

Shawn A. Bohner,

Michael G. HincheyAuthors Info & Claims

FAABS'04: Proceedings of the Third international conference on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems

Pages 249 - 261

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30960-4_17

Published: 26 April 2004 Publication History

Abstract

The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach uses a platform-independent model to define system functionality, or requirements, using some specification language. The requirements are then translated to a platform-specific model for implementation. An agent architecture based on the human cognitive model of planning, the Cognitive Agent Architecture (Cougaar) is selected for the implementation platform. The resulting Cougaar MDA prescribes certain kinds of models to be used, how those models may be prepared and the relationships of the different kinds of models. Using the existing Cougaar architecture, the level of application composition is elevated from individual components to domain level model specifications in order to generate software artifacts. The software artifacts generation is based on a metamodel. Each component maps to a UML structured component which is then converted into multiple artifacts: Cougaar/Java code, documentation, and test cases.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1943397.1943402
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1529282.1529429

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FAABS'04: Proceedings of the Third international conference on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems

April 2004

290 pages

ISBN:3540244220

Editors:
Michael G. Hinchey
Department of Computer Science, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD
,
James L. Rash
Department of Computer Science, Advanced Architectures and Automation Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
,
Walter F. Truszkowski
Department of Computer Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
,
Christopher A. Rouff
Department of Computer Science, Advanced Technology Laboratories, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Arlington, VA

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Published: 26 April 2004

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Kardas GDemirezen ZChallenger M(2010)Towards a DSML for semantic web enabled multi-agent systemsProceedings of the International Workshop on Formalization of Modeling Languages10.1145/1943397.1943402(1-5)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1943397.1943402
Molesini ADenti ENardini EOmicini AShin SOssowski S(2009)Situated process engineering for integrating processes from methodologies to infrastructuresProceedings of the 2009 ACM symposium on Applied Computing10.1145/1529282.1529429(699-706)Online publication date: 8-Mar-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1529282.1529429

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