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This paper presents a multi agent-oriented prototyping approach. It is a generic approach, applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems. This approach relies on a few assumptions, the most important is that MAS must be described by an organizational model which semantics is given in term of a formal framework. This model allows for a simple description of both individual and collective multi-agent system aspects. The framework we use to give a formal description of this model is based on a multi-formalism approach. We illustrate this approach through a case study.
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Hilaire, V., Koukam, A., Gruer, P., Müller, JP. (2000). Formal Specification and Prototyping of Multi-agent Systems. In: Omicini, A., Tolksdorf, R., Zambonelli, F. (eds) Engineering Societies in the Agents World. ESAW 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1972. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44539-0_9
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