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Agent-Oriented Modeling with Graph Transformation

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The agent paradigm can be seen as an extension of the notion of (active) objects by concepts like autonomy, cooperation, and goal-oriented behavior. Mainstream object-oriented modeling techniques do not account for these agentspecific aspects. Therefore, dedicated techniques for agent-oriented modeling are required which are based on the concepts and notations of object-oriented modeling and extend these in order to support agent-specific concepts.

In this paper, an agent-oriented modeling technique is introduced which is based on UML notation. Graph transformation is used both on the level of modeling in order to capture agent-specific aspects and as the underlying formal semantics of the approach.

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Paderborn, Warburger Str. 100, D-33098, Paderborn

    Ralph Depke, Reiko Heckel & Jochen Malte Küster

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  1. Department of Information Science, University of Bologna, Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini

  2. Department of Computer Science, The University of Liverpool, Chadwick Building, Peach Street, L69 7ZF, Liverpool, UK

    Michael J. Wooldridge

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Depke, R., Heckel, R., Malte Küster, J. (2001). Agent-Oriented Modeling with Graph Transformation. In: Ciancarini, P., Wooldridge, M.J. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering. AOSE 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1957. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44564-1_7

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