Agent Oriented Analysis Using Message/UML

This paper presents the MESSAGE/UML agent oriented software engineering methodology and illustrates it on an analysis case study. The methodology covers MAS analysis and design and is intended for use in mainstream software engineering departments. MESSAGE extends UML by contributing agent knowledge level concepts, and diagrams with notations for viewing them. The diagrams extend UML class and activity diagrams. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.1 [Software Engineering]: Requirements/Specifications – methodologies. General Terms Languages, Documentation. Keywords Agent, Methodology, UML, Analysis.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: AOSE
• Authors: Giovanni Caire, Wim Coulier, Francisco J. Garijo, Jorge J. Gómez-Sanz, Juan Pavón, Francisco Leal, Paulo Chainho, Paul E. Kearney, Jamie Stark, Richard Evans, Philippe Massonet
• Keywords: AOSE 2001, Intelligent Agents, Methodology Covers Mas, Software Engineering, Software Engineering Methodology