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AOSE 2001: Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II pp 101–118Cite as

UML Class Diagrams Revisited in the Context of Agent-Based Systems

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Gaining wide acceptance for the use of agents in industry requires both relating it to the nearest antecedent technology (object-oriented software development) and using artifacts to support the development environment throughout the full system lifecycle. We address both of these requirements using AUML, the Agent UML (Unified Modeling Language) — a set of UML idioms and extensions. This paper illustrates the next steps of our approach by presenting notions for the internal behavior of an agent and its relation to the external behavior of an agent using and extending UML class diagrams.

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  1. Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Information and Communications, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739, Munich, Germany

    Bernhard Bauer

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

    Michael J. Wooldridge

  2. Technische Universität München, Institut für Informatik, 80290, München, Germany

    Gerhard Weiß

  3. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Informazione, University of Bologna, Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini

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Bauer, B. (2002). UML Class Diagrams Revisited in the Context of Agent-Based Systems. In: Wooldridge, M.J., Weiß, G., Ciancarini, P. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering II. AOSE 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2222. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70657-7_7

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