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This paper demonstrates how UML can be exploited and extended to model the deployment of a multiagent system at the agent level. This is accomplished by extending the formally-based UML 2.0 metamodel to support the semantics of agents, mobile agents and their supporting platforms. Additionally, the UML-based notation, used to model the deployment of a multiagent system, takes advantage of stereotypes to associate an agent-oriented semantics with the model elements used in the diagram. A primary objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the Agent UML (AUML) deployment diagram can be successfully applied to real-world applications. This AUML work is organized as an activity within the FIPA Modeling Technical Committee.
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Poggi, A., Rimassa, G., Turci, P., Odell, J., Mouratidis, H., Manson, G. (2004). Modeling Deployment and Mobility Issues in Multiagent Systems Using AUML. 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_5
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