Separation and Modularization of Crosscutting Social Patterns in Detailed Architectural Design

This paper outlines an aspect-oriented approach to support separation and modularization of crosscutting concerns in multi-agent systems. Aspects as abstractions to capture social patterns as concerns that crosscut software agents in multi-agent systems, whose separation and modularization are not taken into account in current agent-oriented software engineering. Social patterns are described using a template and UML-based diagrams to represent the pattern's structure and behaviour in an aspect-oriented context.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Carla T. L. L. Silva, Jaelson Brelaz de Castro, João Araújo, Ana Moreira, Fernanda M. R. Alencar, Ricardo Argenton Ramos
• Keywords: CAISE 2006, Crosscut Software Agents, Information Management, Multi-agent Systems, Social Patterns