Improving the architectural design of multi-agent systems
Carla Silva, Jaelson B Castro, Patricia Cabral de Azevedo Restelli Tedesco, Jo�ão Araújo, Ana Moreira, John Mylopoulos · 2006
Agents provide developers with a flexible way of structuring systems around autonomous, communicative elements. In order to support the efficient development of such systems, design techniques need to be introduced. In this context, we propose a set of UML-based diagrams which can be used to capture structural and behavioral features of the Belief-Desire-Intention agent model. The approach aims at supporting detailed architectural design of multi-agent systems by providing a process to guide the description of agent roles according to the proposed diagrams in the context of the Tropos framework. To illustrate the approach we present a Conference Management System case study.