The behavior of an agent is defined through the specification of plans and actions. Agents have a set of plans that are selected to be executed according to their goals (and other...
Viviane Torres da Silva, Ricardo Choren, Carlos Jo...
This paper proposes to use SDL block diagrams, UML class diagrams, and UML behavior diagrams like collaboration diagrams, activity diagrams, and statecharts as a visual programmin...
— The paper proposes a more formalized definition of UML 2.0 Activity Diagram semantics. A subset of activity diagram constructs relevant for business process modeling is conside...
We define the dynamic semantics of UML State Machines which integrate statecharts with the UML object model. The use of ASMs allows us (a) to rigorously model the event driven run...
Gaining wide acceptance for the use of agents in industry requires both relating it to the nearest antecedent technology (objectoriented software development) and using artifacts t...