Bridging the gap between AUML and implementation using IOM/T

  • Authors:

  • Takou Doi;Nobukazu Yoshioka;Yasuyuki Tahara;Shinichi Honiden

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan;National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan;,University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  • Venue:
  • ProMAS'04 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Programming Multi-Agent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Multi-agent systems are attractive means for developing complex software systems. However, multi-agent systems themselves tend to be complex, and certain difficulties exist in developing them. One of the difficulties is the gap between design and implementation especially for interaction protocols. In this paper, we propose a new interaction protocol description language called IOM/T. Interaction protocols described using IOM/T have clear correspondence with AUML sequence diagrams and the description can be consolidated into a single unit of IOM/T code. Then, we show how the process of implementing Java-based agent-platform code from AUML design can be carried out, and how IOM/T effectively bridges the gap between design and implementation.