Analysis and design of physical and social contexts in multi-agent systems using UML

Authors:
Florian Klein;Holger Giese
Affiliations:
University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany;University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Venue:
SELMAS '05 Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on Software engineering for large-scale multi-agent systems
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Multi-agent technology promises to provide the ability to adapt to changing external contexts. To tap this potential, context needs to play a central role in the analysis and design of multi-agent systems. In this paper, a pragmatic approach to the classification and modeling of the relevant contexts is presented, focusing on a useful operational description rather than epistemological correctness. We then show how our approach supports the analysis and design of physical and social contexts for embedded multi-agent systems using the UML, providing a number of different examples.