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The underlying homogeneousness between human being in a society and software agent in a MAS (Multi-Agent System)is opened out in this paper, based on which a new definition and architecture for agent is proposed. An agent is made of certain soft genes and roles. Such agents can be more appropriate for dynamic, open system’s analysis, design and implementation. The associated structure model and behavior model of MAS are described. A MAS modelling methodology RoMAS (Role-based MAS modelling methodology) based on these definitions is presented through RoboCup simulation football team case, including its graphical modelling language and the modelling process.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant No.600003002; the National High Technology Development 863 Program of China under Grant No.2002AA116070.
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Yan, Q., Mao, X., Zhu, H., Qi, Z. (2004). Modelling Multi-agent Systems with Soft Genes, Roles, and Agents. In: Giorgini, P., Müller, J.P., Odell, J. (eds) Agent-Oriented Software Engineering IV. AOSE 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2935. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24620-6_16
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