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Bridging the Gap Between AUML and Implementation Using IOM/T

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Programming Multi-Agent Systems (ProMAS 2004)

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Multi-agent systems are attractive means for developing complex software systems. However, multi-agent systems themselves tend to be complex, and certain difficulties exist in developing them. One of the difficulties is the gap between design and implementation especially for interaction protocols. In this paper, we propose a new interaction protocol description language called IOM/T. Interaction protocols described using IOM/T have clear correspondence with AUML sequence diagrams and the description can be consolidated into a single unit of IOM/T code. Then, we show how the process of implementing Java-based agent-platform code from AUML design can be carried out, and how IOM/T effectively bridges the gap between design and implementation.

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  1. University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Takou Doi & Shinichi Honiden

  2. National Institute of Informatics, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Nobukazu Yoshioka, Yasuyuki Tahara & Shinichi Honiden

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, Durham, UK

    Rafael H. Bordini

  2. Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508, Utrecht, TB, The Netherlands

    Mehdi Dastani

  3. Clausthal University of Technology, Julius-Albert-Str. 4, 38678, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

    Jürgen Dix

  4. Laboratoire Informatique de Paris 6, 104 avenue du Président Kennedy, 75016, Paris, France

    Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni

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Doi, T., Yoshioka, N., Tahara, Y., Honiden, S. (2005). Bridging the Gap Between AUML and Implementation Using IOM/T. In: Bordini, R.H., Dastani, M., Dix, J., El Fallah Seghrouchni, A. (eds) Programming Multi-Agent Systems. ProMAS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3346. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32260-3_8

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